William Grims on leaving the restaurant beat at the New York Times:

The downside is that you have to do that again and again and again. It?s like ?Groundhog Day.? You wake up the next day having eaten a four-star meal, you must go out and eat another four-star meal. And you get up the next day and you have to go out and eat another four-star meal…. And on top of it nobody feels sorry for you. It?s impossible to gain sympathy.