New Yorker

Talk of the Town: Pet Tricks

The existential dilemma of a truffle dog in New Jersey.
The New Yorker, January 1999

Brett Martin is a correspondent for GQ. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine and many others, as well as on public radio's This American Life. He has thrice been included in the annual Best Food Writing anthology and won the 2012 James Beard Journalism Award for Humor.

His book, Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution, From The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad, will be published by The Penguin Press, July 3, 2013.

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