In the starry universe of books about food, the dominant galaxy is occupied by the works of celebrity chefs -- men and women who perpetrate cookbooks gloriously illustrated with photographs that rev up your salivary glands and lavishly produced on paper so thick and creamy you could eat it.
IN THE MID-1970s, when Sam Newhouse, the sire of the media fortune, was still alive and hale, his family gathered in Connecticut to celebrate the 20th wedding anniversary of his younger brother, Te...