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"I'm kind of a low-key guy. The spotlight doesn't suit me. I'm more of a side dish-cole slaw or French fries or a Wham! backup singer." (Or, other conversations at a Denny's in a Haruki Murakami novel.)

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The Fantastic Overnight Voyage of Beef Nihari

3.17.16: The laziest chef shares his fireball dream of an overnight beef nihari (in the slow-cooker!)

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Mind “The Gap”: Rebranding “The Met”

2 cents offered on a revered cultural institution’s decision to spend a lot of money on visual noise that’s really supposed to be quiet and polite or something.

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Eating the Untranslatable: Flushing Dire-y

Taking you where words fail and the mistranslation is king.

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Maps: The Speeding Tickets of the Homesick

Late-night Nebraska with Springsteen’s “Nebraska.”

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