‘Care and Feeding’ Book Excerpt: Mario Batali’s Assistant
"A small corner deli on Avenue B and East 4th Street where patrons can grab inexpensive self-serve coffee; in the memoir it provides a quiet, everyday scene — a counterman with a radio tuned to 1010 WINS — that abruptly intersects with citywide news and the tense post-9/11 atmosphere." - Laurie Woolever