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...Bowdoin Prize in English to C. Turner '65, of Lowell House Stockton, Calif., who won first prize of his essay, 'Bitter Aspic"; Roger G. '66, of Dunster House and , Neb., awarded second prize for essay on "Whittaker Chambers: The to Believe"; and Donald J. Vink of Quincy House and Holland, Mich., won third prize for his essay. "The problem of the Sonnet Cycle...
...sense, Charles Nonon was the Escofner of the Grand Guignol. For eye-gouging scenes, he bought eyeballs from taxidermists, coated them with aspic, and stuffed them with three anchovies marinated in blood. In Paris last week, there was a rumor that Nonon will soon open a quiet little restaurant on the Rue Morgue...
...turn over a recording of a 1959 interview in which he complained that the administrators of his father's estate were withholding a part of his inheritance. Barely pausing to eat, Gulbenkian lunched daily in a court anteroom on caviar canapes, truffled ham laced with port, cutlets in aspic and glazed duckling, Belgian raspberries and Italian peaches-eased down with whisky and lager. Between mouthfuls, Nubar explained: "I do this to keep up my spirits." When judgment was reserved, the natty trencherman rolled away in the London taxi rebuilt to his taste by Rolls-Royce...
...sudden but solid reputation in the Bellini-Donizetti territory that Callas calls her own. Last week Soprano Sutherland, 33, was appearing at Britain's stylish Glyndebourne Festival in Bellini's I Puritani. On the lawn at intermission, as they were consuming their hamper-packed chicken-in-aspic suppers, members of the black-tied audience buzzed that Joan could already stand comparison with the incomparable Maria...
...Four Seasons also has food. From goose to mousse, it has one of the highest-priced-and most exotic-menus in high-priced Manhattan, in league with Chambord, Le Pavilion, Colony, Brussels, "21." A typical dinner for two, from Sweet and Sour Pike in Tarragon Aspic ($2.25) through Piccata of Piglet in Pastry ($5.25), to genuine Violets in Summer Snow ($1.75), can easily cost up to $70 with drinks and tips. Seasonal foods and delicacies from all over the world are rushed to the restaurant by plane; its $100,000 wine cellar holds 15,000 bottles. If a visitor...