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Reader letters

A weekly column of what readers wrote back about.

Letters may be edited for length and clarity.

Re:

The Mortar and Pestle That Earns Its Shelf Space

From A reader, by mail

I read this piece twice, once for the story and once for the small mechanical detail at the centre of it.

Re:

What the Fridge Becomes When You Stop Shopping for the Week

From A reader, by email

A small correction: the date in the third paragraph is off by one year. The rest is true to the subject.

Re:

What a Good Stock Jar Earns Its Keep By

From A subject of the piece

Thank you for the patience with the story. We read it aloud at the table the morning it appeared.

Re:

The Bread You Bake for Someone Who Is Sick

From A retired teacher

I have spent my own career in adjacent rooms. The detail about the long quiet stretch in the afternoon is exactly right.

Re:

The Broth Bowl as a Weeknight Default, in Three Variations

From A graduate student

I am writing about adjacent material in a different country and was grateful to read this. The bibliography is small but useful.

Re:

Smoked Trout on the Back Porch

From A reader, anonymous by request

I share the writer's view that the small ceremonies of working life are the part most worth recording.

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