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October042006

Lucky Peking Ducks

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Last night I met a guy, namely The Amateur Gourmet, who was languishing in bed with his folks and both sets of grandparents, wanly peeling back the wrapper of the only chocolate bar he and his family could manage to scrounge together the pence to buy, when he discovered that he, Charlie Bucket, had won the Golden Ticket!

OK, it didn’t happen exactly like that, but the A.G. did score tickets to “Come Hungry,” this Sunday’s completely un-get-into-able Calvin Trillin walking tour, perhaps the jewel in the crown of the New Yorker Festival each year for its utter exclusivity, its awarding of the longed-for jog beside Bud as he uncovers the secrets of Chinatown, and not in the Jack Nicholson way, for the Charlie Buckets of the world. I hope to interview this man, for he has about his pleasant foodie head a nimbus that will be envied and wept over for the entire year to come. Until next year, when each new Charlie in waiting will hold his breath, aching for that life-giving glint of gold.

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