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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,
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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