August 19, 2002 Issue, THE NEW YORKER

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- Goings On About Town, pp. 18-56
- The Talk of the Town, pp. 57-65
- Annals of Drinking
  Roger Angell
  , pp. 66-69
  Dry Martini
- Our Far-Flung Correspondents
  John Seabrook
  , pp. 70-75
  The Fruit Detective
- Recipes
  John McPhee
  , pp. 80-83
  Sapidissima
- Our Local Correspondents
  Elizabeth Kolbert
  , pp. 84-87
  Everyone Lies
- New York Journal
  Adam Gopnik
  , pp. 88-97
  The Cooking Game
- Letter from Mexico
  Alma Guillermoprieto
  , pp. 98-101
  Disappearing Dishes
- Personal History
  Jane Kramer
  , pp. 102-105
  The Reporter's Kitchen
- Profiles: The Secret of Excess
  Bill Buford
  , pp. 122-128
- Annals of Taste
  Calvin Trillin
  , pp. 144-148
  The Red and the White
- A Reporter At Large
  Burkhard Bilger
  , pp. 150-154
  Raw Faith
- Fiction: "Summer of the Hot Tubs"
  Annie Proulx
  , pp. 158-161
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  Food Processor (Review)
  Joan Acocella
  , pp. 162-168
  Near a Thousand Tables, by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
  1. Near a Thousand Tables by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
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  Briefly Noted (4 Reviews) , p. 169
  Koba the Dread, by Martin Amis
  1. Koba the Dread by Martin Amis
  2. After the Dance by Edwidge Danticat
  3. Bubbleology by Kevin Hassett
  4. Versailles by Kathryn Davis
- The Art World
  Peter Schjeldahl
  , pp. 170-171
- The Theatre
  Hilton Als
  , pp. 172-173
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  The Current Cinema (2 Reviews)
  David Denby
  , pp. 174-175
  Action!
  1. XXX (2002 Film) by Rob Cohen
  2. Blood Work (2002 Film) by Clint Eastwood
- Sea Urchin
  Chang-rae Lee
  , pp. 129-131
- A Sandwich
  Nora Ephron
  , pp. 139-141
- As the French Do
  Janet Malcolm
  , pp. 142-143
- Sweet Memory
  Madhur Jaffrey
  , p. 149
- The Domestic Male
  Julian Barnes
  , pp. 155-157
- "Eyes"
  Czeslaw Milosz
  , pp. 76-79
- "From the Notebooks of Anne Verveine"
  Rosanna Warren
  , pp. 106-121
- "Close Encounters of Another Kind"
  Richard Howard
  , pp. 132-138
- The Back Page
  Roz Chast
  , pp. 176-182
  "The Impossible Dream"
- Cover: "Jolly Cones"
  Wayne Thiebaud