I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set down.

We are delightfully trapped by our memories. I can't drink a bottle of Chateauneuf-du-Pape Vieux Telegraphe without revisiting a hotel bistro in Luzerne, Switzerland, where I ate a large bowl of a peppery Basque baby goat stew. A sip and a bite. A bite and sip. Goose bumps come with the divine conjunction of food and wine.

If I can't be fishing or hunting, I want to be in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

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