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Daniel M. Lavery

Daniel M. Lavery is the author of Something That May Shock and Discredit You and the Chatner newsletter.

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Evening on the Lagoon, Venice, by Hercules Brabazon Brabazon.

Roundtable

Taking the Plunge

By Daniel M. Lavery

The history and context of Venice’s annual Wedding to the Sea. More

Roundtable

Good Servants and Bad Masters

By Daniel M. Lavery

The several deaths of François Vatel. More

A young woman in an elaborate gown eats sugar straight from the jar.

Roundtable

Feminine Ending/Masculine Ending

By Daniel M. Lavery

On unsatisfied hungers and M.F.K. Fisher’s The Gastronomical Me. More