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She ate at Olive Garden every day for 10 days

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She ate at Olive Garden every day for 10 days

by Jenise » Mon Jun 04, 2018 1:16 pm

"The house red goes down like the inside of a Gusher, and my linguine with marinara, while watery and under-seasoned, tastes like a hug. I am safe and in love."


It's a great piece of food writing:

https://www.foodandwine.com/lifestyle/i-ate-alone-times-square-olive-garden-ten-days-and-im-different-now?utm_source=foodandwine.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=social-button-sharing
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Re: She ate at Olive Garden every day for 10 days

by Jeff Grossman » Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:02 pm

It reminds me of my college Psych textbook, the chapter on obssessive personality disorder. :?
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Re: She ate at Olive Garden every day for 10 days

by Jenise » Tue Jun 05, 2018 12:54 pm

Yeah, a little of that. And amped up of course for the sake of the story.
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Re: She ate at Olive Garden every day for 10 days

by Robin Garr » Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:31 pm

It was cute, but I really would have liked it more if it was half as long. :)
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Re: She ate at Olive Garden every day for 10 days

by Mike Filigenzi » Tue Jun 05, 2018 9:08 pm

Fun article, particularly for Food and Wine which has sucked for quite some time and even more so lately IMO.
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