Huffington Magazine Issue 73 | Page 96

ABEL MITJA VARELA/GETTY IMAGES Exit THE THIRD METRIC Dining in Silence With a Roomful of Strangers BY CAREY POLIS ESPITE READING and writing about food for a living, I often forget to taste my food. I eat dinner leftovers for breakfast without even heating them up. I eat lunch quickly because I have things to do. I graze on snacks we have in the newsroom. I’d like to consider myself a mindful eater, D but in reality, I probably err more on the side of a mindless eater. So one night last month, I ate dinner in total silence with a roomful of strangers. The venue was Eat Restaurant in the hipster locus of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, where for the past couple of months, New Yorkers have been going to try Nicholas Nauman’s experiment in silent dining. HUFFINGTON 11.03.13