Table of Contents
1 Anecdotal Truths 1
2 A Letter 7
3 A Phone Call 11
4 Grilled Cheese 15
5 The Abyss 23
6 Gifts 27
7 Vichyssoise 31
8 Lobster 44
9 Kosher 53
10 Pressed Duck 56
11 Intermezzo 64
12 Metamorphosis 68
13 Learning Loneness 70
14 Bagels, Knishes, Hot Dogs 76
15 Castaway Dad 81
16 Indigestion 91
17 Summer Season 96
18 Falling Leaves 102
19 Winter Encroaches 104
20 Hospital 107
21 A Different Season 110
22 Nightmare 116
23 The Iceman Cometh 125
24 Uninvited Guests 131
25 Battlefield 138
26 Aftertaste 145
27 A Father's Daughter 152
28 Just Desserts 159
29 The Chef Suggests 164
30 Burnt Offerings 169
31 Best-Laid Plans 178
32 Food For Thought 184
33 Bitter Truth 188
34 Buried Treasure 192
35 Baker's Dozen 197
36 Fruit Flies, Doves, Vultures 201
37 Love And Truth 211
38 Survivors 215
39 Truth 221