Book Your Summer Shop NowBook Your Summer Shop Now

Nord's Gambit

eBook
$0.99
Membership Card Icon

Collect stamps to save with Rewards. 10 stamps = $5. Learn More

Formats
Select a store to view item availability.

Available on compatible , the free NOOK App, and in My Digital Library

NOOK App

Download NOOK app

NOOK Devices

NOOK eReaders

  • NOOK GlowLight 4 Plus
  • NOOK GlowLight 4e
  • NOOK GlowLight 4
  • NOOK GlowLight Plus 7.8"
  • NOOK GlowLight 3
  • NOOK GlowLight Plus 6"

NOOK Tablets

  • NOOK 9" Lenovo Tablet
  • NOOK 10" HD Lenovo Tablet
  • NOOK Tablet 7" & 10.1"
  • NOOK by Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 [Tab A and Tab 4]
  • NOOK by Samsung [Tab 4 10.1, S2 & E]

Free NOOK Reading Apps

  • NOOK for iOS
  • NOOK for Android

BN.com website

Go to your Digital Library in My Account

Originally published in switch.blade, (July, 2002)

Think 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.

But school food doesn't have any flavor.

How can that be?

What mysterious process saps away the flavor that once was Tuesday's ham-n-potatoes? Or takes the most basic...