Come One, Come Y’all
Mar 14, 2019
3 minutes
ILLUSTRATION BY BARRY BLITT
Like the fiber in okra and the in , some issues of singular and plural may be insoluble. But they don’t have to be divisive. The Rampart Food Store in New Orleans—known locally as “the orange store,” because it is painted bright orange outside—is operated by Vietnamese immigrants. It deals in po’boys, fried rice, liquor, canned goods, and breakfast. The bill of fare on the wall of the orange store includes “grits by itself.”
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