I had my first glimmering that Jimmy Weinstein was special the first time I met him in the flesh. It was in the mid-’90s, in New York, a time before the fad for the Atkins Diets made what he was about to do seem unusual and even wondrous. He ordered a hamburger—I was used to people his age ordering salad with… return to article
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Reader Comments (1)Page 1 of 1 pages“He ordered a hamburger—I was used to people his age ordering salad with dressing on the side or “egg beaters” or dry toast or whatever—and he poured half a shaker of salt upon it.”
I think it’s pretty clear what happened to poor Jimmy. But, I just hope he relished his hamburgers. Who wants to live forever anyway.
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