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...votes, from judges using the term "novel" with gymnastic flexibility.) You are hereby saved the trouble of reading all those other, lesser works from the past 25 years - that's service journalism! I just wish they'd done it American Idol style, with Morrison et al. reading a chapter a week on live television and Michiko Kakutani doling out on-the-spot critiques a la Simon Cowell. (Kakutani: "Roth, that was self-indulgent, semi-literate trash! No wonder you never got that trip to Sweden." Roth: [tries to look brave, then sobs uncontrollably onto David Foster Wallace's shoulder...
...simply has to attend to the daily liturgy of the church, pray regularly, be sincere in trying to live a good life and become an active member of the local parish - no self-flagellation required. Perhaps that is too simple, similar to the injunctions in The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 25, which remind us that we treat Jesus as we treat one another. (The Rev.) Tom Zelinski Marathon, Wisconsin, U.S. As a longtime member of Opus Dei who was interviewed for Time's report, I found the story to be an amusingly surreal experience - a bit like doing the full...
...message went to the e-mail list of the local chapter of Dine Originals, a trade organization that bands together independent restaurants, and caught the eye of Robert von Rutenberg, co-owner of a nearby steak house. Von Rutenberg and his brothers served up the solution: though they barely knew Lathrop and her husband, the brothers offered to share their kitchen with them and their Wisconsin Cheesecakery staff until they could find something else. "They did it out of the goodness of their hearts and wouldn't let me pay for the space," says Lathrop, who ended up staying four...
...hotel sector, to get members lower prices on food and supply contracts as well as consulting advice on how to run their businesses more efficiently. The help may not reverse the chain-restaurant juggernaut, but it gives small restaurants a fighting chance. Even before the Avendra deal, many chapters had developed their own local buying programs. Under Tucson's plan, in which restaurants buy in bulk at common suppliers, Luria's Café Terra Cotta saved $100,000 on food costs last year--3% of its total sales for the year--without changing its menu. Andrew Hutto, owner of Baxter Station...
Joint marketing has long been the cornerstone of local chapters, which use the Dine Originals banner to remind customers that money spent at local restaurants stays in the community, supports local farms and promotes the region's unique culinary taste. Now Dine Originals members are getting more creative with their marketing. Michael Klauber, owner of Michael's On East in Sarasota, Fla., and president of the largest Dine Originals chapter, struck a deal with local suppliers to get a small discount on purchases to be used for joint marketing. "I told them the more they help us fill seats...