Indeed, there is "an Automat recipe cult," said Laura Shapiro, who is co-curator, with Rebecca Federman, of the current "Lunch Hour NYC" exhibition at the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue.
But Blumenthal disciples may be disappointed to hear that yoghurt with tampons – the chef's current lunch of choice according to his food diary in today's Weekend magazine – will not be found on the menu of the Fat Duck, his restaurant in Bray, or Dinner, in central London, any time soon.
After the last district board meeting, Mr. Lanyon treated three of the agency's retirees, who were recently inducted into the N.A.C.W.A. Hall of Fame, and some current employees to lunch at Rosebud on Rush Street before walking back to district headquarters at 100 East Erie Street for another meeting on the agency's budget crunch.
Tom Mockridge, the chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's Sky Italia, told the chief executive of Al Gore's Current TV over lunch that there would no problem with the channel renewing its television distribution deal – less than two weeks before abruptly announcing that the liberal news channel would have no choice but go off air.
Every August, I return the clan's hospitality on their summer holiday, with an epic, wine-fuelled lunch – the current record stands at eight hours long – in Italy, where my father is from.
The current plan is for lunch to be available from 11am to 2pm, Monday through Friday, though this could change slightly.
Political conversations do not need to be the basis for every discussion, but if students can talk about current events at the lunch table once a week for a little while that makes a big difference.
We see him visiting a psychoanalyst, driving a Jaguar to pick up actor Ray Winstone, former collaborator Blixa Bargeld and pop superstar Kylie Minogue, stopping by an archive of his own career, having some lunch with current collaborator Warren Ellis, doing some recording and performing a show.
Gres's current collection at an annual lunch.
I plough through the current on my way to lunch at Al Gatto Nero.
After a couple of conversations, classes, and a lunch with a current freshman, I started to settle in.
