Shrink in the Kitchen

I’m in the home stretch of my book about the psychology of chefs and restaurants.  Three times a day, Maurizio, one of the guards, slides a tray holding food through the narrow, horizontal slot at the bottom of the locked, …

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In yet another sign that America’s preoccupation with food is, um, all consuming, the NY Times reports in today’s Business Section that YouTube is hiring Bruce Seidel to start a new food channel.  Mr. Seidel is not a household name, …

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See, there’s this organization, based in Naples, that has established strict, unyielding criteria for what they consider to be Neapolitan Pizza.  Naples, they assert, is the home of pizza, the mother oven, and what with all the versions of pizza …

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Cheese is not part of my daily or weekly diet.  Why should it be?  The animal fat and salt are bullets to the heart.  I will say, however, that cheese makes a wonderful treat.  Small portions, now and then, are …

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