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Sarah Pickard: I am writing from home--New York City--and telnet is achingly slow. I have just got back from a shopping expedition and enjoying all the things I love about the city: Tasti-D-Lite (froyo without the yogurt), thai for lunch, Century 21 and Bloomingdales, the 6 train, manicures for seven bucks, and, this morning, running around the reservoir with my Dad and having a cozy breakfast in the bustling upper-east-side Starbucks. Right now I am about to get dressed to have a drink with my old friend who is breaking his back for some...
...occupants to restrain their snarling mastiff. Let the horsemen deal with formal greetings. They'll produce a snuff bottle from the upper folds of their gowns, which double as carryalls, and hand it over for a snort while exchanging a long handshake. Bring appetite enough for thick, yak-milk yogurt, cheese and marmot meat hot from a dung-fired stove. Try fermented cow's or mare's milk. After a bowl or two, you'll be ready to invade Europe yourself...
...because of mad-cow disease, the hardest-hit imports will be pork and goat, mostly from the Netherlands and Denmark. Such cooked and cured meats as canned hams, prepared sausages and prosciutto are not affected because heating or processing kills the foot-and-mouth virus. Certain dairy products like yogurt, Brie and hard cheeses are also exempt, since they are already subject to strict manufacturing conditions, including pasteurization...
When I was a young child, my mother would take my brother and me there for a yogurt cone if we behaved during the weekly trip to the grocery next-store. My favorite flavor was boysenberry. Lola made sure I always got a big serving...
Once settled into our yogurt-cone routine, my brother and I skipped shopping all together and visited with Lola and the other customers while my mom went by herself. Lola had us sit up at the counter, right with the adults, who would talk with Lola while she worked...