http://www.wordnik.com/lists/the-rw-apple-jr-memorial-list.xml "But more and more often, he wrote about the topics that really compelled him — bourbon and bacon, potatoes and tomatoes, langoustines and mangosteens, barbecue and bouillabaisse, New Orleans and New Zealand." <br /> <br />From the New York Times obituary for one of its former stars, R.W. 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