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Article: Hometown Heroes; Three Writers Search for a Taste of the Familiar
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- The Washington Post
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- July 2, 2006
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My wife and I almost broke up over a cheese steak. A few years
ago, when we had been dating just a few months, I took her to
Philadelphia to meet friends and family. All went well until we made
a visit to South Street, where I introduced her to another very close
friend: the authentic Philadelphia cheese steak.
The first sign of trouble came when she suggested we split one.
I'm not a math whiz, but I knew right away that meant I'd get only a
half a cheese steak. I countered by ordering two and agreeing to
split hers. Problem solved. The real issue arose, though, after the
cheese steak arrived and I looked up to see her squeezing mustard