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My Nashville Roast Beef Beef

Lunch Matters is proud to announce that I have discovered an idea hitherto unconsidered in all the history of the world, an idea which should make me famous and—if my pending deal to brand novelty t-shirts goes through—quite wealthy. Put … Continue reading

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Healthy Eating

In two areas of my life have I lately seen great improvement: Pastrami Breakfast pastries Both have required a two step process. Until a few weeks ago, I had only ever encountered pastrami that was as dry as shoe leather … Continue reading

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There Are Certain Things In Parks

“I finished college this week,” says the blogger. “Wow!” his audience exclaims. For the last few years I’ve spent a surprising amount of my time at toil, burdened with work for which I would not be compensated. In exchange, I … Continue reading

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An A For A&A

I have returned to tell you that there is a magical coffee shop on 21st Street. Resting safely in a temporal vortex just east of Sixth Avenue, A&A is marked by a battleship grey sign so perfectly old fashioned as … Continue reading

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Excuses!

I’d like to apologize for my spotty correspondence (wow! What a hard word to spell!) this semester. I swear—it’s not you, it’s me. I have been buried under a mountain of schoolwork, making it difficult to eat, much less write about it. … Continue reading

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Exercises In Hairy Fish

I’m writing a play about hot chicken. Saying that aloud it sounds funny, but anyone who’s been paying attention knows this is something I’ve had on my mind. I’d rather be writing a gripping, thoughtful Baltimore crime drama, but that’s a subject … Continue reading

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Brave Decisions

I just did something insane. I was at the Shine Deli on 20th Street—a block north of my office—about to order my now-customary chicken salad on white toast. “Chicken salad on toast,” I said, and grunted when Mr. Deli Man … Continue reading

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How To Be a City Boy

A New Yorker isn’t just some dude who knows his way around town. The express stops of the Lexington Avenue line, the current exhibition at P.S.1, the names of three or four quiet Green Point bars—these could be taught by … Continue reading

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Cheeseburger! (Part II)

When last we left our heroes, they were charging around the streets of fancy Nashville, hunting down villainous, lane clogging joggers and administering cheeseburgers to the backs of their heads. Meanwhile, in New York City, their peers were up to … Continue reading

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Cheeseburger! (Part I)

When I was in middle school, a family friend told me a story of youthful exuberance and cheeseburgers, and it made an impression that has proved indelible. The friend was Dave, a sixteen year old, and the story was the … Continue reading

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