last millimeter of the kitchen. Giusti told me that Saturday Night Projects seemed, on the surface, like a natural source of anxiety, especially for those participants who spent a full week fretting over it. “It’s always super-stressful,” he said. “When they sauce the plates their hands are shaking.” But its purpose was to restore the troops, not to drain or dispirit them. “We try to keep it as constructive as possible,” he said. “It’s not a very good exercise if people are afraid. If it’s a negative experience, it’s a disaster.” Rarely did any of the Saturday Night Projects experiments end up
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