Fork It Over The Intrepid Adventures of a Professional Eater A L A N R I C H M A N For my wife, Lettie Teague, and the man we both loved, Art Cooper Contents AMUSE-BOUCHE The Eating Life / 3 A P P E T I Z E R S A Mother’s Knishes / 17 What a Dive! / 29 Hungry in the Hamptons / 35 The Saucier’s Apprentice / 45 Bocuse Must Go / 53 A Room of One’s Own / 57 Palate Cleanser Ten Commandments for Diners / 63 E N T R E E S Too Much Is Never Enough / 69 Play It Again, Lam / 83 Miami Weiss / 99 The Long Aloha / 105 Not Much of a Man in Havana / 113 Toro! Toro! Toro! / 125 “As Long as There’s a Moishe’s, There’ll Always Be a Montreal” / 135 Slicing Up Naples / 153 Waiter, There’s a Foot in My Soup / 165 The Fruits of Islam / 177 Oldest Living Jewish Waiters Tell All / 191 Pete Jones Is a Man Among Pigs / 209 Alice Doesn’t Cook Here Anymore / 225 Palate Cleanser Ten Commandments for Restaurants / 237 S I D E S My Beef with Vegans / 243 Sheep Thrills / 253 Are We Having Fungus Yet? / 259 C H E E S E Don’t Say “Cheese” / 273 Dairy Queens / 277 Palate Cleanser Ten Reasons Why White Wine Is Better than Red / 285 W I N E Nose Job / 289 Great Expectorations / 295 $25,000 Wine Week: A Tale of Excess / 301 G R AT U I T Y “Please, Please, More!” Gasped Sharon Stone / 311 Acknowledgments / 321 About the Author Praise Credits Cover Copyright About the Publisher
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