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Oh, wow! Alison thanks so much for this serious, hard-core tutorial... I've never had anyone explain how to eat artichokes this beautifully, this passionately, & you've helped me see how lovely & rewarding the little guys can be. (I enjoy artichokes but only eat them when they're already prepared, so... the loser way, really). But also.... "tastes like pencil-shavings"? I had no idea this was a thing in wines...I'm trying to kind of picture what you mean... is there any other descriptor you sometimes hear/use when describing the particular taste you're describing? (i.e., is it metallic.. is that the pencil part?...or somehow...woody, like other types of shavings of wood?...). Dude, this was a really interesting, unusual, educational episode & essay. Thanks so much honey. And I"m so sorry you were having a rough day back there in upstate NY. Glad Walmart & a yummy 'choke turned it around. We're rooting for you my dear. x. - M.

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