since varasano’s has opened, i use it now as the standard to which i judge other pizza joints. now that i have learned from his table tent instructionals, i now have the tools.

Actually, I am sort of particular about ordering my burgers rare or medium-rare, in the sense that I don’t order a burger anything below medium if I don’t trust the meat source, but in that case, I just don’t order a burger at all.

I’ve eaten medium-rare burgers at Roxx and not been disappointed. Most often, even at the places where I have the option of medium-rare or rare, I still get a burger that is cooked through. Tragic.

I love the bloody burger, but you are free to eat whatever you like, and I encourage you to eat it any way that pleases you.

But I eat my kitfo raw, and there is literally no way for me to verify how safe that meat is, so I am forced to enjoy my Russian Roulette via food, as it were.

I wish I had been born in an era before massive food contamination was such an issue, due to mass production, but if that were the case, I never would have enjoyed the freedom to live the way I wanted to, because women had almost no rights back then, so I would have had to eat whatever my husband could catch or procure.

The upshot of this is that this is a very rich discussion we’re having, and I appreciate it in every way.