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Author David Sax is a man on a (delicious) mission. His goal? To preserve the delicatessen tradition. His new book, Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), is a mouthwatering paean to corned-beef culture. The Oct. 20 launch party for his book, appropriately, was held at Ben's, a sprawling delicatessen in Manhattan's Garment District. Between bites, TIME senior reporter Andrea Sachs caught up with the knish connoisseur. (See pictures of what makes you eat more food...
...that makes a difference in the flavor because you have control over it. There are a lot of places that sell pastrami and corned beef that they get shipped in from hundreds or thousands of miles away, and that's the difference between a deli and a Jewish delicatessen...
...Katz's Delicatessen at Houston and Ludlow Streets, the oldest deli in New York City, and the only one where workers still cut the pastrami and corned beef by hand...
...Number of Oscars won by the film When Harry Met Sally, in which Billy Crystal's Harry sat with Meg Ryan's Sally while she faked an orgasm at a table in Katz's Delicatessen, where a sign now reads: "Congratulations! You're sitting where Harry met Sally...
...Chenaie and Rue Geleytsbeek. I like spending time at L'Archiduc, tel: (32-2) 512 0652, a legendary Art Deco-style bar known for its artists, cocktails and live jazz. La Paix, tel: (32-2) 523 0958, is a gem of a restaurant attached to a delicatessen. I particularly enjoy selecting choice cuts of meat at their butchery. My nightcap would be at Le Bar du Matin, tel: (32-2) 537 7159, where they have really good music...