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Meals Are About the People, Then the Food

Meals Are About the People, Then the Food

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Jul 30, 2021
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Last night I found myself in New York City without a dinner plan. After being smitten with my lunch date, Deb Perelman of Smitten Kitchen at Thai Diner, I took a train up to the MoMA where I roamed around and looked at all the classics: Starry Night, La Danse by Matisse, a Francis Bacon portrait of Neville Chamberlain that was super…

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