"Ratatouille" and health code "violations"

[Joel S. Berson]

At least, when I wrote Mr. Morris, I first complimented him on a fine
review, with a lovely ending line (a few hours after viewing, he
removed the Velveeta from his rat trap and replaced it with Gruyere).

Joel

At 6/30/2007 02:44 PM, Wilson wrote:
>Once again, a colored fellow disgraces the race. Oh, well.
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>-Wilson
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>On 6/29/07, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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>>  From the Boston Globe, Friday, June 29, page D12, in Wesley Morris's
>>review of "Ratatouille":
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>>" ... one marvelously nauseating passage in which dozens of sous-chef
>>rats break every health code violation in the book."
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>>(Unfortunate.)
>>
>>Joel
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