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Atlantic senior editor, James Beard Award-winner, author of The Joy of Coffee.

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Joined January 2009
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  1. 16 seconds ago

    Those darned editors. "Leonard cautioned that 'a problem with public people is that a lot of their published work is edited, so it’s like mixing fingerprints or DNA. You don’t always know who the real author is.'”

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  2. 4 minutes ago

    +1. Never went to Shopsin's. But, as points out, it's not too late. "Each time I chickened out, intimidated by stories of patrons getting kicked to the curb for not looking like they’d 'get it.'”

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  3. 4 hours ago

    "Like Vietnam War-era generals, they are destroying the village in order to save it." :

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  4. 12 hours ago

    In 's new Ideas section, comes to grips with "they," or tries to. Even if "Billy and me went to the store" isn't that close behind.

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  5. Sep 4

    "The promise to be 'balanced' was a coded pledge to offer alternative explanations, putting commentary ahead of reporting; it was an attack on the integrity of the rest of the media." on how the media became villains, and pretty brilliant.

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  6. Retweeted
    Sep 3

    Immigrants are dropping out of WIC, a program that helps pregnant women and young children buy healthy staple foods, fearing the Trump administration could bar them from getting a green card if they take the aid. My latest:

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    That’s a Pano 8 in -speak.

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  8. Sep 2

    Since when does the do gatefolds?

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  9. Sep 2

    Every point made powerfully and succinctly.

    Former Secretary of State Albright's to-do list for fighting fascism includes: 🔘 Defend a free press 🔘 Understand the importance of the judicial branch 🔘 Talk to people you disagree with 🔘 Listen to millennials Read more:
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  10. Sep 2

    Parable of the power of cheese, the dairy kind. ("A self-proclaimed milk and cheese obsessive.") And wait for the Church of the Latter Day Dude.

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  11. Aug 31

    This is a cool feature. So to speak.

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  12. Aug 31

    "I’m mad at the city. Not because the chefs who work here are anything short of brilliant, creative powerhouses: they are. I’m mad at the city itself, its structures and its red tape and its prohibitively high price tag." on why cities slip:

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  13. Aug 31

    "When it comes to “award-worthy,” newness and risk-taking are what's celebrated. The rent gets higher, competition fiercer, market share smaller, the talent pool dry. Yet we are supposed to take risks. Are you f---ing kidding me?" A chef's view of media:

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  14. Aug 30

    "I chased the awards when we opened. You start putting things on menus to shock. You squander the chances of meeting great guests who will dine at your place over all the other never-ending openings in town." :

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  15. Aug 30

    "Actual racists loathe the idea of white parents raising a black child, and ideological arguments about identity raise questions about whether a white family’s love can *harm" a child of a different race." :

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  16. Aug 30

    This thread was high point of yesterday. And reread column on size matters and farming.

    Preach, Tamar, preach! 🙌
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  17. Aug 30

    .'s editorial that day: "The president’s rhetoric doesn’t merely spread division and distrust; it is dangerous, and sick."

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  18. Aug 30

    "On Aug. 16 when the Globe and newspapers around the county published their editorial and opinion pieces, Chain allegedly called the Globe newsroom and “threatened to shoot Globe employees in the head “’later today, at 4 o’clock.’”

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  19. Aug 29

    "The term 'socioeconomic status' came into widespread use to designate what’s ordinarily meant by class. Alas, it merely tucks away the perplexities into the 'socio' part, like a child hiding her spinach in a napkin." :

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  20. Aug 26

    "When presented with the opportunity to be freed,McCain demurred; it was not his turn. He knew that intense torture would be his reward. And he did it anyway. His sense of honor would allow him to do nothing else." :

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