The Ambien Cookbook (nonfiction)

"Licorice Rope" recipe from The Ambien Cookbook.

The Ambien Cookbook is a satirical essay by Paul Simms published in New Yorker magazine (July 2006).

Licorice Rope

Take Ambien, fall asleep. Sleep 3-4 hours. Roll out of bed, wake up on floor. See extension cord, think, What a big delicious licorice rope that is!. Chew on essentially flavorless cord until you get to the metallic center, where the surprise is.

Fiction cross-reference

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• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
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Nonfiction cross-reference

• Paul Simms (nonfiction)