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In contrast, the Michelin inspector’s approach to a restaurant is the same as that of any normal customer. When he makes his reservation, his name doesn’t ring any bells in the kitchen. (Even France’s highly tuned network of gossip among chefs hasn’t yet managed to identify inspectors, for reasons we shall come to later.) When the inspector arrives
... See morePeter Mayle • French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew (Vintage Departures)
The cavern the forty-niners chanced upon is now known as Devils Hole and the “minnows” as Devils Hole pupfish, or, scientifically speaking, Cyprinodon diabolis. Devils Hole pupfish are, as Manly described them, about an inch long. They are sapphire blue, with intense black eyes and heads that are large for their body size. They’re most easily disti
... See moreElizabeth Kolbert • Under a White Sky
Mary Oliver
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In a prime spot just across the yellow-tape road from the lemon trees, he tended his own dark grove of bookshelves, and beside them a field of legal boxes, which held thousands of menus from restaurants famous and obscure. Whenever I passed Horace’s collection, there was someone flipping through the menus with the furious intensity of a DJ digging
... See moreRobin Sloan • Sourdough
The whole town was ripe with salt and haunted by the action of the tides. At night it filled with boisterous drunk men.
Mieko Kawakami, Sam Bett, • Breasts and Eggs
On line at the bagel store, I see a “tournament director” (as it says on the back of his shirt) making chit-chat with Lori Ann (as he called her). It was something like a track-and-field-coach—student-parent acquaintanceship. Sounded like they were talking about TV shows. I paradoxically saw this in both lights: as the power of local community, and
... See moreward of the Humber River Regional Hospital. As Mystery’s mother opened the door for him, a four-set of girls poured out of an SUV parked in front of them. For a moment, a spark of life flickered in Mystery’s eyes. I watched him, hoping to hear him say those six magical words: “Is this your set or mine?” Then I’d know everything would be okay. But h
... See moreNeil Strauss • The Game
Bob Dylan Pet Store
youtu.be“I just got a letter from my agent,” I told her. “My agent in New York. He says I sold another one; he doesn’t say where, but he says he’s got one sold. So don’t worry Mrs. Hargraves, don’t you fret, I’ll have it in a day or so.” But she couldn’t believe a liar like me. It wasn’t really a lie; it was a wish, not a lie, and maybe it wasn’t even a wi
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