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...stuff that would take them all day on a Sunday, the more complicated sauce, the dried mushrooms versus fresh white button ones. The biggest difference is they'll put the time in. They'll try anything now, they're more confident, because we've been amateur cooks now for a generation. They're like, I can do that. I can handle that. I'm willing to try that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rachael Ray in Praise of Burgers and Our Culinary Tastes | 3/2/2010 | See Source »

...Morrison is to realize that dream, he will need to impress his dad, who’s currently the Maple Leafs’ director of amateur scouting...

Author: By Scott A. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Frosh Follows Family Trade | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

They showed up at one of Bogotá's top theater academies and presented themselves as teachers who would be putting on a play at their high school. For $2,000, the instructor gave them a crash course in Method acting. The amateur players passed their first test. Though he wondered about his students' high-tech radios, the theater professor never caught on that he was teaching a pack of army agents. (See pictures of FARC in the jungle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Hostage Rescue in the Colombian Jungle | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...tango just barely detectable through the backseat of our car? I was hungry for authenticity, craving connection. Our family had been duped the previous night by the advice of a friend who had recently visited Argentina. We had ended up at a tango show reminiscent of amateur night on “Dancing with the Stars,” replete with lip-syncing, garish dresses, and food as bland as the semblance of culture the venue served...

Author: By Lindsay P. Tanne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dancing in the Street | 2/11/2010 | See Source »

...intrepid heroes are the sprightly, fearless Andi Hinterstoisser (Florian Lukas), and his climbing companion, the brooding Toni Kurz (Benno Furrmann). For this duo, to conquer the Eiger’s North Face is to conquer the world. They are cheered on by Luise (Johanna Wokalek), an amateur photographer and their childhood friend, as well as her employer, the deliciously callous Berliner Zeitung reporter Arau (Ulrich Tukur...

Author: By Catherine A Morris, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: North Face | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

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