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The food critic

The food critic

An excerpt from my novel Truffle Hunt

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Brent Petersen
Jan 20, 2025
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It’s been ten years since my novel Truffle Hunt was published.

One of the main characters in Truffle Hunt is Frank Lasher. He's a food critic who lives in Brooklyn.

When I created Frank, I wanted to shed light on his personality through his writing. He's a food critic for a magazine, after all, so I needed to give examples of his writing. The device I …

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