Back in 2002, a friend treated me to a birthday dinner without telling me where we were going. Surprise, it was Mario Batali’s BABBO in the West Village. When we walked in, the bored hostess was about to seat us when I said, “Do you know who I am?” (in

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It’s not on the menu.

I was excited to eat at the Chinese Restaurant in Royal Oak as I had done countless times before. After I got my food I was eager to bite into my favorite egg rolls. To my surprise I bit into something crunchy…