Standing on line to pay my lunch tab last week at the 2nd Ave Deli (relocated a few years ago to First Ave of course), I overheard the following conversation at the take-out counter. Young Asian woman: What soup do you have today? Old deli guy: Split pea, lentil, mushroom & barley, chicken noodle, and kreplach. Young Asian woman: Kreplach? Old deli guy: Jewish dumpling. Young Asian woman: Ah good, I’ll take it. Did I tell you I ❤ New York? Dana Susan Lehrman