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Consider the Lobster And Other Essays

David Foster Wallace

This celebrated collection of essays from the author of Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And what happens when adult video starlets meet their fans in person?

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It was referenced during a discussion of how lobster, similar to peanuts, was once considered a food for the poor.

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Have you ever read Consider the Lobster that.

— Episode: How Peanut Butter Works

Episode: How Peanut Butter Works

It was referenced during a discussion of how lobster, similar to peanuts, was once considered a food for the poor.

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Have you ever read Consider the Lobster that.

Oh, sure. Sure. Yeah. He wrote this really great magazine article once called Consider the Lobster. It's good.

Episode: How Peanut Butter Works

It was briefly mentioned as an example of a food once considered fit only for the poor, similar to how peanuts were viewed in the past, specifically in the context of the lobster's historical perception.

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He wrote this really great magazine article once called Consider the Lobster. It's good. But in it, he explains that it used to be considered a food fit only for the poor, basically.

Episode: How Peanut Butter Works

It was mentioned in the context of how lobster was once considered a food only for the poor, similar to how peanuts were viewed.

"

Have you ever read Consider the Lobster that...

Oh, sure. Sure. Yeah. He wrote this really great magazine article once called Consider the Lobster.

Episode: How Peanut Butter Works

It was discussed as a magazine article that compared the changing perception of lobsters, once considered food for the poor, similar to the journey of peanuts.

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He wrote this really great magazine article once called Consider the Lobster. It's good. But in it, he explains that it used to be considered a food fit only for the poor, basically.

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