The Heavy Table continues to expand its content into previously unexplored regions of food writing. In this instance, they are publishing a serial novel called Knife Skills (part one, part two) by James Norton. From part one: At three in the morning, Paul Wednesday dined alone. He sat at the head of a 24-foot-long table hewn from a single solid piece of hardwood, lightly sanded, burnished, but otherwise raw. Its surface was slightly warped, and it was clean and empty other than a single pewter plate heavily laden with red meat, sliced thinly, nearly raw. He chewed his steak thoughtfully, in the dark. Streetlights shone through the restaurant’s stained glass windows, throwing colored shadows onto the various animal skulls fastened upon the walls.
Knife Skills: A Serial Novel
Jun 15 2009 — 11:58pm
1 Reader Comment
9:17 am
First! Ha! Also, I’ve been enjoying this story.