After he suffered his first heart attack, reporters were told he suffered "a digestive upset during the night," notes John Dickerson in his book "Whistlestop."

This anecdote from Dickerson’s “Whistlestop” illustrates why his book is a fix for those of us who have found no cure for our addiction.

There’s a great scene in Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe.