“yes” is the answer to the title of Gabrielle Hamilton’s recent feature in the Times: My Restaurant Was My Life for 20 Years. Does the World Need It Anymore? In it, she gives a heart-wrenching account of what it takes–emotionally, physically, financially–to put a business on “pause” suddenly.

I sincerely hope to have the good fortune of dining at Prune again.

On a lighter note, I wholeheartedly agree with her thoughts on brunch.