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swinging kitchen doors. The chef looked up.

“What’s wrong with it?” he asked.

“He says it’s too rare.”

The chef gave me a long look. Then he sighed and put a fresh cut on the grill. He didn’t argue. He just got it done.

That is one of the small kindnesses that gets you through long restaurant shifts. You take care of each other, even when the dining room continue reading …