Nora Ephron

Of Landsman and Cabbage Strudel

lands·man (läntsmn) n. pl. lands·leit (-lt) A fellow Jew who comes from the same district or town, especially in Eastern Europe. [Yiddish, from Middle High German lantsman, countryman : lant, land (from Old High German; see lendh- in Indo-European roots) + man, man (from Old High German; see man-1in Indo-European roots).] My father was a Manhattanite — an urbane New Yorker of gin Gibsons and Yma Sumac, who had Mitteleuropish roots […]

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A Locavore Walks into a Bar….

So The New Yorker showed up last night and on page 53 is a cartoon showing two Zen Buddhist monks, one wearing a fake arrow through his head and a funny nose and glasses. He says to the other monk, who is serious and dour, “Tell me the truth — have I ever made tea […]

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