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\"Upside-down<\/a>

Upside-down cupcakes, Sally Bell\u2019s Kitchen.<\/p><\/div>\n

Just as in Evan S. Connell\u2019s The Connoisseur<\/em><\/a>, a pre-Columbian figurine caught my eye\u2014in this case, on the book’s cover. I had enjoyed the understated yet resonant interview with Connell<\/a> we published earlier this year (the man knew how to change the subject!), and I was equally moved by the book, the story of a Manhattan insurance executive who becomes hopelessly, inextricably obsessed with the aforementioned figurines. There are no frills, plot twists, or explosions: simply a series of small choices that can change a life forever. As the protagonist reflects near the end of the book, \u201c[H]e has acquired a little knowledge, perhaps no deeper than a root trace, which can\u2019t be lost.\u201d \u2014Justin Alvarez<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have a terrible feeling that A History of Britain in Thirty-Six Postage Stamps<\/em><\/a> may be a hard sell for some readers. But trust me: Chris West\u2019s cultural history is fast paced and engaging, and the organizing principle takes the narrative in all kinds of unexpected directions. Sure, there\u2019s a little light philately in there, but even those who only communicate electronically will be glad they picked it up. \u2014Sadie O. Stein<\/strong> <\/p>\n

After the success of the television show based on Colin Dexter\u2019s Inspector Morse<\/i> novels, Morse\u2019s onetime sidekick \u201cRobbie\u201d Lewis was given both a promotion and his own series. In Inspector Lewis<\/i><\/a>, Kevin Whatley reprises his role as the Oxford Police employee who\u2019d rather have a pint and support Newcastle United than waste time dabbling in the fine arts. But, alas, Lewis lives and works in Oxford, and thus must continually contend with the pretentious antics of academics in the course of his investigations. Luckily, Lewis\u2019s partner is himself a Cambridge alumnus; DS James Hathaway, played by a wry Laurence Fox, is always on hand to quote Nietzsche or recognize a veiled reference to Greek mythology. If all this odd coupling sounds a little formulaic, it\u2019s because Lewis<\/i> is<\/i> formulaic, sometimes preposterously so\u2014think secret societies meeting in Oxford cellars; secluded, scheming millionaires; \u201ceccentric\u201d dons, etc.\u2014but an Anglophile like myself can\u2019t help but be seduced by its genteel charm. \u2014Fritz Huber<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nick Hornby\u2019s Juliet, Naked<\/i><\/a> centers on the stagnant, fifteen-year relationship between a couple in a North England seaside town called Gooleness, \u201cnot far from Bronte county.\u201d When Duncan\u2019s favorite musician, a reclusive has-been named Tucker Crowe, releases an acoustic version of his twenty-year-old\u00a0hit album, their relationship fissures: he loves the album and Annie hates it. Duncan lets Annie post a critical essay on his fan site, and they eventually meet. The reality is, to say the least, anticlimactic. But then, \u201cThe short visit of a middle-aged man and his young son shouldn\u2019t be a gourmet pastry; it should be a store-bought egg salad sandwich.\u201d And the book is just that: a store-bought egg salad sandwich that turns out to be surprisingly good.\u00a0\u2014Nikkitha Bakshani<\/strong><\/p>\n

All my friends know about my interest in\u2014not to say, obsession with\u2014Sally Bell\u2019s Kitchen<\/a>, a venerable, family-owned Richmond bakery renowned for its box lunches. Although I have traveled to RVA several times, I\u2019ve never managed to time my visits with Sally Bell\u2019s hours, which small fact has not stopped me from mooning over their menu, sporting an apron emblazoned with their signature silhouette logo, and wondering resentfully why New York doesn\u2019t have a lunch spot that will provide me with a chicken salad sandwich, cup of potato salad, deviled-egg half, and upside-down caramel cupcake. (I find the \u201cdiet\u201d box option\u2014a turkey sandwich, tomato aspic, hard-boiled egg and plain cupcake\u2014<\/em>particularly endearing, and in emotional moods the mere thought of the plain cupcake is enough to reduce me to tears.) I don\u2019t know why it took me so long to run across this video<\/a> devoted to Sally Bell\u2019s, but in a way I\u2019m glad to have only just discovered it; it made my week! If eleven minutes seems like a bit of a commitment (many of my friends seem, inexplicably, to feel this way), here is a thirty-second trailer<\/a>. \u2014S.O.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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