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The Fish Knife and the Firewall
The Room Where Fish Become Innocent
The dinner was booked under the name The Center for Balanced Seafood, which was either a cover organization, a joke, or the most honest think tank in Manhattan.
At Le Bernardin, one could never tell.
The room had been prepared with the tenderness usually reserved for funerals and leveraged buyouts. White tablecloths fell like surrender documents over the edges of the tables. The silverware appeared not placed but deployed. The wine glasses stood in disciplined formation, each one polished to the point of moral vacancy. Outside, New York continued to behave…
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