Greatest Hits And What You Missed: Burgers, Butter, Bankruptcy and Nuclear Tuna

“How you feel about any city in the world can be summed up most succinctly by the thing you need like breath the minute you step off the plane (or train or cab or horse) that brung ya. Landing in Paris, at Charles de Gaulle, it might be bread–good, crusty loaves of the stuff, alive with yeast and still warm in their bags. When I fly into New Mexico, I am instantly stricken with an urge for green chile that’s almost dangerous in its ferocity. Be the body standing between me and that first bowl of verde after too long away and, motherfucker, you best be quick getting out of my way or I’ll bite you.”

From “On The Ground, Day One: New Kid On The Block” in which I, the new food editor, ride in an airplane, eat some cheesesteaks and say some dirty words