From a story by Helen Holmes on Observer.com:
For Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Jerry Saltz, life is full of strict routines and simple joys that keep him happily tethered to reality: basically all he cares about is art, writing and his wife, co-chief New York Times art critic Roberta Smith. His diligence and approachability have made him a beloved art world figure, but one of his habits has repeatedly drawn criticism due to its relative insanity. Saltz is a coffee devotee who doesn’t know how to make coffee, so every couple of days he buys multiple large black deli coffees and drinks two a day mixed with Stevia and other similar sweeteners. . . .
A Saltz tweet: Commencing Day 16 Of Sheltering-in-Place. Coffee-run to gas-station complete. Eighteen large to-go. Put in car, drive them home, deloused, decontaminated, showered, and placed in fridge for use. Stay safe out there, outlaws and creative-gypsies.
In a new, lengthly essay for Vulture that touches upon how Saltz and Smith have been coping with the pandemic and providing for one another, Saltz offers an account of the eating and drinking habits that have been shaped by traumatic events in the writer’s past. . . .
Saltz’s moving summary of his questionable consumption habits reminds us that as far as dependencies go, jumbo coffees are at least comparatively harmless. Plus, if coffee is helping someone self-soothe during a pandemic, all the better.
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