Hannibal, or: How I learned to stop worrying and love my Murder Husbands
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Notable Sandwiches #105: Lampredotto
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On the Late, Great Hannibal Lecter
Brian Cox, Anthony Hopkins, Mads Mikkelsen, and Donald Trump as Hannibal Lecter About a year ago, Donald Trump started referencing Hannibal Lecter in his...
Lords of the Rings
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Notable Sandwiches #104: Kumru
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TLDS July Culture Klatch
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Notable Sandwiches #103: Kottenbutter
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You Cannot Predict the Future
I thought Hillary Clinton would win in 2016. I really did. And I wasn’t alone. Most of us did, including the people paid to predict such things. I was...
“I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party as your President.”
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Notable Sandwiches #102: Kokoretsi/Kokoreç
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Missed Connections: A Brief History of Assassination Attempts
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Notable Sandwiches #101: Khao Jee Pâté
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On Feeding My Graphomania
“Il Pleut” by Apollinaire, 1916 I have a half-baked, non-scientific theory about how writing works—not for everyone, of course, just my writing, the thing...
Chefs & Grub & Rock & Roll
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A Look Back at 100 Notable Sandwiches
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On the Gastronomy of Eating the Rich
Two years before I started a column about the cross-pollination between food and politics, I wrote for GQ about the origins and literal interpretations of...
Drinking the Kool-Aid
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Notable Sandwich Heat Wave Special: In Praise of Cold Soup
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A Note From Your Temporary Substitute Internet Dad
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Notable Sandwiches #100: Kaisers Jagdproviant
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