Ben Starr

The Ultimate Food Geek

Tag: suicide

  • Josh Marks: In Memoriam

    For those of you who don’t know, Josh Marks, runner up from MasterChef season 3, died last week at his own hands.  This tragedy is too awful to process, even for those of us who didn’t know Josh.  I cannot imagine what his family is experiencing. I haven’t addressed this issue earlier for several reasons. …

  • Mulligan’s Manor

    I want to tell you a story.  It’s about a boy.  I don’t know his real name.  That information is confidential.  So we’re just going to call him Sean.  He grew up in a conservative family in California.  Like all kids do, he loved his family, even if they were not perfect.  And for many…