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In Praise of a Short-Order Cook

A Sentimental Blog about Short-Order Cooks and My Father

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When I was 12, I had a terrible ear infection. We had just moved across the country to a new town. I didn’t know anybody, couldn’t go to school, was in pain, had balance problems, and was just miserable. But I found weekly salvation in the kindness of a short-order cook and my father. Read more