Food for writers

Food for writers

Two recommendations from Anton Chekhov, that perhaps shed light on the difference between writers and journalists. While writing, Chekhov, according to Ivan Bunin in a memoir in The Paris Review, would take only coffee and broth.

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1. A glass of vodka
2. Cabbage soup and yesterday’s kasha
3. Two glasses of vodka
4. Suckling pig with horseradish
5. Three glasses of vodka
6. Horseradish, cayenne pepper and soy sauce
7. Four glasses of vodka
8. Seven bottles of beer