Author: Scott Partin
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I use the wrong things as bookmarks.
Receipts. Metro tickets from cities I don’t live in anymore. Museum stubs. Notes I wrote to myself in a hurry and was absolutely convinced I’d remember later. Book collectors might call that errata—the leftover bits, the marginalia, the small human debris that gathers around books and lives. Every once in a while, something slips out and…
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Ask for What You Want: The Elena Ruz & Millionaire’s Bread
People always say you should ask for what you want. Or maybe that’s therapists. Either way, this is the story of a young Cuban woman who did exactly that—and somehow managed to leave a sandwich legend behind her in the process. The Elena Ruz was created in 1920s Cuba by socialite Elena Ruz, who had…
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A Hot Take on Chocolate Cake
National Chocolate Cupcake Day Edition In discussing the plethora of food holidays recently with a particularly opinionated foodie friend, we noted that October 18th, is National Chocolate Cupcake Day. To which he replied — with great confidence, mind you — that chocolate cake is just a waste of good chocolate. Silly boy. Now, I’ll admit, I can almost…