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Roger Ebert on the Role of Memory in Food

Steak 'n Shake is pretty hard to forget. [Flickr: Nick Solares] What if you could never eat again, but could remember, bite by bite, slurp by slurp, meals of the past? Roger Ebert writes a beautiful piece in the Chicago Sun-Times about his inability to eat and drink after multiple surgeries. He stopped feeling hungry or thirsty, but instead of focusing on his loss, started remembering vivid eating memories: Yet I could if I wanted to right now close my eyes and re-experience an entire meal at Steak 'n Shake, bite by bite in proper sequence, because I always ordered the same items and ate them according to the same ritual. It is there for me...Another surprising area for...

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17 Comments | Posted by Erin Zimmer, January 8, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Tagged: Roger Ebert, Steak 'n Shake, taste