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...brief, The Devil’s Larder lacks the narrative intricacy that made Being Dead so appealing, and some readers might not fully appreciate Crace’s brevity, or the neatness necessary in such short pieces. Taken collectively, the 64 sketches make a convincing argument about food??s surprising significance in human social life, but Crace’s skill is such that this becomes apparent even in the smallest of portions...
...both cases, the guards were nonplussed, and I had to lie about their reactions to make the article entertaining. A few years later, now a seasoned editor of the magazine, I constantly kicked myself for not thinking of additional ways to shock and confuse the library checkers. More food??hot food. Tennis balls that rolled out all over the checker desk and floor. A diorama-like setup of a miniature living room, with small figurines sitting around a coffee table, reading miniature books, that I would insist the security guard check for due-dates because...
...other people involved in the whole food preparation process actually don’t matter that much. I do not have a discerning palate or gourmet ambitions. It is just that for a very long time eating the right kind of food??or, more accurately, my failure to do so—has dominated my life. Every unbalanced meal was brazen rebellion. Every celery stick promised redemption. And my choices were all sort of haphazard, based on what I could rustle up or find or submit to, partially because of four-plus years of high school dining hall...
...Professional Driving School?” That name sounded about as legitimate to me as “High Quality Fast Food?? or “Authentic Mexican-Chinese Cuisine,” but my commitment to learn to drive overrode my better judgement. “Okay,” I said. “Let?...