- “The Peeps came not like locusts but like meteors of great ambition and, yes, some arts-and-crafts psychosis.”
- “Ilja Gort slept soundly last night, finally safe in the knowledge that no matter what happens to the rest of him, his nose is insured to the teeth.”
- “Still, if this hunk of bearish man flesh Colicchio really wants to top the chef chart, he may have to don orange crocs and open a chain of airport pizzerias to compete with big boys Mario Batali and Wolfgang Puck.”
- “This time around, a sober Kreisel said the meal “tastes like nitrates mixed with liquid smoke.””
- “The Pope is scheduled to be in the United States from April 15 to April 20 and to visit Washington, D.C., before New York. While in New York, he is expected to address the United Nations, visit Ground Zero, celebrate Mass in Yankee Stadium and eat a Shake Shack burger.”
This article appears in Mar 19-25, 2008.
