{"id":4918,"date":"2008-04-02T21:42:01","date_gmt":"2008-04-02T16:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=2569"},"modified":"2008-04-02T21:42:01","modified_gmt":"2008-04-02T16:12:01","slug":"the-way-he-liked-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/the-way-he-liked-chicken\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Way He Liked Chicken\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are the first lines of “The Passion”<\/a> by Jeanette Winterson:<\/p>\n

\n

It was Napolean who had such a passion for chicken that he kept his chefs working around the clock. What a kitchen that was, with birds in every state of undress; some still cold and slung over hooks, some turning slowly on the spit, but most in wasted piles because the emperor was busy.<\/p>\n

Odd to be so governed by an appetite.<\/p>\n

It was my first commission. I started as a neck wringer and before long I was the one who carried the platter through inches of mud to his tent. He liked me because I am short. I flatter myself. He did not dislike me. He liked no one except Josephine and he liked her the way he liked chicken.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It’s hard to put down a book that begins like this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are the first lines of “The Passion”<\/a> by Jeanette Winterson:<\/p>\n

\n

It was Napolean who had such a passion for chicken that he kept his chefs working around the clock. What a kitchen that was, with birds in every state of undress; some still cold and slung over hooks, some turning slowly on the spit, but most in wasted piles because the emperor was busy.<\/p>\n

Odd to be so governed by an appetite.<\/p>\n

It was my first commission. I started as a neck wringer and before long I was the one who carried the platter through inches of mud to his tent. He liked me because I am short. I flatter myself. He did not dislike me. He liked no one except Josephine and he liked her the way he liked chicken.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It’s hard to put down a book that begins like this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,39],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\u201cThe Way He Liked Chicken\u201d - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/the-way-he-liked-chicken\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cThe Way He Liked Chicken\u201d - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here are the first lines of “The Passion” by Jeanette Winterson: It was Napolean who had such a passion for chicken that he kept his chefs working around the clock. 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