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Byline: Jeffrey Steingarten
Last December, when the board of health here in New York City banned trans fats from all 24,000 of our restaurants, food carts, and caterers, I became apoplectic. That's what I always become when somebody tries to tell me what I may and may not eat. This time I was not 100 percent apoplectic, because it seems pretty clear that trans fats are really bad for us. On the other hand, what about pie? I do get extremely upset when I think about pie. Isn't a ban on trans fats the functional equivalent of a ban on piecrust and thus upon pie itself? Pie is the key to a contented life. I simply cannot manage without pie. Me, I've been avoiding ...