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Friday, July 08, 2022

But First, A Word From Our Sponsors

 Cow - Pure Slush Books
Anthology (Print / eBook, June 2022)

(This piece is too lengthy (500 words) to post here in its entirety.  Here's the opening paragraph. The whole piece is delivered as a TV documentary voice-over).

Today, ladies and gentlemen, we’ll look at one of the world’s foremost chefs, and how he creates his masterpiece.  The key is control: from the feedlot to the slaughterhouse, from the slaughterhouse to the skillet, and from there to a serving platter, the truly great chefs exercise complete and total control over even the tiniest details of meal preparation.