1 The Calcutta book festival is really a food festival in disguise
2 Things to see in China: the Eunuch Museum, the Tap Water Museum, and the Linzi Funerary Horse Pit
3 William Deresiewicz really, really doesn't like "The Original of Laura": "Knopf must have drafted a platoon of cosmetologists to gussy up this pig"
5 Roger Cohen eats out in China: "We went for a dog broth, simmered for four hours, with Sichuan pepper and ginger. It was warming, with a pepper-tingle"