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Unexpected, Bizarre Literary Reference On This Piece Of Cheese
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Jen Carlson
Published Jan 30, 2012
Modified Jan 31, 2012
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Someone in the cheese department at the Westside Market has gotten creative with the cheese labeling. Or as Kathy Cacace notes in her Tweet: has "fucking lost their mind." The description on this chunk of mimolette reads: "Sara had been gone for 25 years, and in all that time I hadn't found any new ways to cope. Only to miss her." This appears to be from James Patterson's book, Run For Your Life, where he writes something similar about a woman named "Maeve."
A call to the market led nowhere, so this story is turning into a regular mystery! Anyway, cheer up, Westside Market cheese guy.
Update, 1/31: We spoke to Peter Daniels, the man behind the literary labels. Well, they are also musical—one cheese has a Run DMC quote!
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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