One Big Table, the latest book by legendary food writer Molly O'Neill of Rensselaerville, once known for her weekly New York Times Magazine column and New York Cookbook, is taking off since being rolled out in November as "the nation’s community cookbook." The work is the result of O'Neill's journey of more than 500,000 miles across the U.S.—during which she conducted over 5,000 oral history–style interviews and consumed untold calories—to discover why we eat what we eat. As part of the ongoing effort to gather and preserve American recipes and food stories, O'Neill and a team of friends and colleagues are now building One Big Table Across America, a series of large and small events that celebrate American home cooking, support local agriculture, and prove that community begins when people gather around a table to eat, drink, talk, laugh, think, and dream. Check out the writer talking about what she does here, and visit her website here. Local events will be announced soon.