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...tempt big consumer dollars this fall, the professional shoppers lined up with a fine impartiality, tasting almost everything they encountered en route, whether it was the finest Scottish salmon and Italy's best Parmigiano-Reggiano or dismal Aussie Pie, which was baked and frozen Down Under, with its bland beef filling in a crust much like damp shirt cardboard...
...Geiger counters to help them select produce during the height of the radiation scare now buy fruits and vegetables without concern. In West Germany, though, 20 institutes and eight community groups continue to monitor samples of suspected foods. Checks recently found excessive radiation in certain chocolates, dried mushrooms and beef...
Despite its name, Friday Saturday Sunday, another '70s winner, serves dinner all week in a jaunty storefront setting. The savory smoked bluefish with horseradish-flecked whipped cream proved a better starter than a Sichuan beef salad that had a caustic dressing. Duck with a sweet-and-pungent curry sauce was as delectable as the Cornish hen Normandy, stuffed with apples and walnuts...
There are other cheap, casual eateries, and many offer local specialties. Among the city's claims to culinary distinction are cheese steaks -- grilled beef slices with cheese topping and fried onions on an Italian roll. The best are at Jim's, a gleaming art deco luncheonette that tops other reputed havens such as Pat's, Geno's and Lee's. Hoagies, the Philadelphia version of Italian hero sandwiches, are also winners...
Readers with a beef against their local newspaper usually have little recourse other than writing an angry letter to the editor. But people with complaints about their local TV or radio station have a powerful ally in their corner: the Federal Government. Every broadcast station in the country must abide by the fairness doctrine, a Federal Communications Commission rule that requires broadcasters to air contrasting views on controversial public issues. A station that runs an editorial opposing nuclear power, for instance, must give the pronuclear side a chance to express its views. If the station fails...