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Kate Christensen’s cure for the common cold

Day two home from work with a killer cold, and my only consolation is novelist Kate Christensen’s hot toddy. Since she passed it along last fall, the drink has eclipsed spicy tomato soup as the Maud household’s preferred remedy. It proves — as we always knew deep in our hearts — that Bourbon cures everything.   Add boiling water to . . .

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Kennedy takes Costa

Speaking of A.L. Kennedy, she’s won the Costa prize for her new novel, Day, which was at my door when I got home tonight.

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