Author of New York Times bestseller I Was Told There'd be Cake and How Did You Get This Number, Sloane Crosley starts chapters with sentences like, "There is only one answer to the question: Would you like to see a three a.m. performance of amateur Portuguese circus clowns?" The gal's got a way with words.
When it came to her piece in our November issue, she reflects, in her light-hearted style, on the value of family traditions and memorable Thanksgivings past. For example, her father "once snuck a cigarette in the garage--five years after he had 'quit'--and neglected to notice the pile of newspapers bound up for recycling when he put down his match." Find out how that story ended below.
Read the full story: A Meal Worth Stealing
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