SHOPPING – TEL AVIV – MARCH 13,2002

“These are not just artichokes,”

the grocer tells me –

“They’re very rich,

a unique experience.”

“Yeah. Right,” I reply,

“They really look meaty

but you can never tell.”

“What do you mean—

‘you can’t know?’” he exclaims.

“This isn’t Terror,

its artichokes.”