February 2010
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from "Pnin" (Nabokov)
“A race was run between the doctor’s fat golden watch and Timofey’s pulse (an easy winner). Then Timofey’s torso was bared, and to it Belochkin pressed the icy nudity of his ear and the sandpapery side of his head. Like the flat sole of some monopode, the ear ambulated all over Timofey’s back and chest, gluing itself to this or that patch of skin and stomping on to...
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Kitchen Soundtrack
Most people agree that good ingredients and good recipes are essential to creating tasty food that everyone wants to eat. Good equipment and a good attitude are helpful, too. My hasidic cousin R, who always has lots of guests around her table in addition to her hundreds of kids, says that the food is as good as the guests—a statement that gave me pause one shabbos afternoon as I washed down the...
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Cake Wrecks →
She’s always funny but yesterday’s post was SO funny.
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"A Tranquil Star," Primo Levi →
this is a little jewel.
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