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you got someone specific in mind for all these questions

Lundy

nope. just a question

Thompson

okay. cause it seems pretty specific to me. maybe you should think about that

Lundy

it's just a question Thompson

Berger

anyway. i have notes on the food

Kowalski

of course you do

Berger

course three is a consomme. you clarify it, you raft it with egg white, you babysit it for hours. and the guy says he's not hungry

Fontenot

i had to stand up. a raft Berger. the man made a raft

Berger

the man made a RAFT

Hájek

the consomme is described as "rich." a consomme cannot be rich. the technique exists to make it clear. if it is rich the chef failed and the author does not know the word

Thompson

Hájek it's a metaphor

Hájek

it is a soup. soups are not metaphors. soups are soups

Marchetti

EVERYTHING in this book is a metaphor that is the whole point

Hájek

then the metaphor has the wrong viscosity

Berger

the scallops are also wrong. nonstick pan, chapter two. nonstick will not hold the heat. no crust

Fontenot