Good God, you’re a hairy beast. You may not think you are, and compared with, say, a chimpanzee, you appear distinctly bald. But in fact your entire body (with the exception of the palms of your hands ...

SYLVIA is a very good cook. She makes a particularly fine roast ham, using a family recipe that begins, unusually, by cutting a section off both ends of the meat. One day, a friend dropped by while ...