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Food critic Egon Ronay, shown here at a London press launch for his new book on restaurants in 2005, insured his taste buds for $375,000.

  • By Laurent Belsie Staff writer

In 1993, British food critic Egon Ronay took out an insurance policy on his taste buds. "Sculptors earn their money with their hands, chorus girls with their legs, and perfume blenders with their sense of smell," Mr. Ronay said at the time. "These are their tools; mine is my palate."
Insured amount: $375,000

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