{"product_id":"2940013105096","title":"Nord's Gambit","description":"Originally published in switch.blade, (July, 2002)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThink about school food, Nord said. It really takes some manipulation of the natural order to create meals that are entirely tasteless. Dirt has flavor. Paper notes you don't want the teacher to read hashave flavor. Ink from a pen you chewed too long has flavor. Foods have flavor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut school food doesn't have any flavor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow can that be?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat mysterious process saps away the flavor that once was Tuesday's ham-n-potatoes? Or takes the most basic unit of the food pyramid, the hamburger, and gives it a texture that even rubber wouldn't admit to?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere was more. And Nord's observations were about to get us into a whole lot of trouble...","brand":"Tobias Buckell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145595994352,"sku":"2940013105096","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013105096_p0.jpg?v=1763576952","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013105096","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}