Maybe it was because the "Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook" has a total of nine, far less complicated, lamb recipes, and I wanted to try them all.

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He can sell out nine nights in the Meadowlands reading the menu from Applebee's.

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Like the vast majority of coffee drinkers, nine mornings out of 10 I stare blurry-eyed at the menu to figure out which Italian phrases I have to say to get what I came for: my usual.

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