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It s Monday, people. The word of the day is ambition.

Your inspiration: Sascha Lyon, the David Foster Wallace of chefs.

Other former sous-chefs might play it safe for their first solo outing. Not Lyon. His, appropriately (if immodestly) named Sascha, opens today. And it s the culinary equivalent of a 1,000-page first novel.

Sigh. DFW's first novel wasn't Infinite Jest, and even if it were, we doubt the menus at Sascha are weighed down with footnotes. Pretty Candygirls, please just steer clear of bookish stuff — it's horrible for your complexion.

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