I Used To Be Shy About Ordering

There Is A Healthy American Newspaper Tradition Of Not Taking Yourself Seriously It Is The Story You Must Take That Way... And If You Do Take Yourself Seriously, According To This Sound Convention, You Are Supposed To Do Your Best Not To Let Anyone Else Know About It. (like Bed-wetting.)

The Function Of The Press In Society Is To Inform, But Its Role In Society Is To Make Money.

Forget That New Orleans Is Actually A Little Like The Combat Zone With French Cooking, It Still Happens To Be Part Of The Great State Of Louisiana Where People Play The Political Game The Same Way It's Played In Lebanon. The Place Is One Layer After Another Of Tribes, Factions And At Least A Million Laughs.

In The Light Of What Proust Wrote With So Mild A Stimulus, It Is The World's Loss That He Did Not Have A Heartier Appetite. On A Dozen Gardiner's Island Oysters, A Bowl Of Clam Chowder, A Peck Of Steamers, Some Bay Scallops, Three Sauteed Soft-shelled Crabs, A Few Ears Of Fresh Picked Corn, A Thin Swordfish Steak Of Generous Area, A Pair Of Lobsters, And A Long Island Duck, He Might Have Written A Masterpiece.

The Science Of Booby-trapping Has Taken A Good Deal Of The Fun Out Of Following Hot On The Enemy's Heels.