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...Euell Gibbons, 64, naturalist, connoisseur of wild foods and cookbook author, who in his writings and numerous television appearances campaigned to popularize a natural diet; of an apparent heart attack; in Sunbury, Pa. Gibbons became a hero of natural-food enthusiasts after the publication of his Stalking the Wild Asparagus...
...anywhere else." Many of those things are devices that Bridge designs. Solingen steelmakers in Germany produce his oversize all-purpose kitchen knife. Marble quarries in Carrara, Italy, supply him with the special slabs that he specifies for kneading dough. A French factory manufactures his unique upright asparagus cooker. These bestsellers are delivered-and sold-a thousand at a time. That largesse may give patrons great entrees, but it also gives Fred Bridge new impatience with sluggish buyers-and fresh skepticism about the current headlines...
...because Ford, like a Borgia, has to have his food tasted for fear of poisoning-the President is always served separately; he receives a plate garnished by his chef with exactly 6 oz. of meat and the prescribed amount of vegetables, such as spinach, broccoli, or occasionally asparagus tips...
...those who come from towns that can boast only two Italian and one Chinese restaurant, Hemispheres is a whole new experience. Friends back home will think you've gone crazy when you rave about the asparagus sandwich called the Hemispheres Special, and you'll really jolt them when you go on babbling about such weird dishes as baba ganoosh, falafel, and baklava. Let them eat spaghetti...
Ruth rapidly became not only the Sultan of Swat but an aspiring social lion awkwardly eager to say the right thing. The rude, uneducated kid from Baltimore's waterfront once convulsed guests at a formal dinner party by spurning a plate of asparagus. "Asparagus," he explained to his hostess in his politest tones, "makes my urine smell." Asparagus, though, was about the only thing that Ruth would not eat. He used to munch hot dogs during practice sessions with the Yankees, once put away an omelet made of 18 eggs and three big slices of ham. He was equally...