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...faces of NASCAR began to change. Even if some of the sport's beer-bellied fans didn't take to pretty boy Jeff Gordon, France thought Jeff was fine, as did lots of moms, daughters and little kids with poster-bedecked bedrooms. More interesting than Gordon's looks was his heritage. Born in California, he was a teen in Indiana. In an earlier time, such a kid would have dreamed of racing in the Indianapolis 500, maybe, but wouldn't have given NASCAR a thought. Now NASCAR was the big leagues, recruiting coast to coast, and everyone wanted...
...According to Harvard historian Samuel Eliot Morrison, Class of 1908, the graduates and their guests retired to the mess hall at 11 a.m. for “plenty of good substantial food” washed down by barrels of the young College’s own beer. They then returned to the Yard for an afternoon of philosophical debate, and since Harvard was lacking in alumni, graduates of Oxford and Cambridge were invited to join the disputations...
...that his topic is rich ninnies who somehow stumble through confusion to blissful amour. His people are much more ordinary than that. Take Ben for example. He lives in a nest of nerds on the dwindling remains of a long-ago court settlement. They suck on bongs and beer bottles, vaguely plan a website that will direct readers to skin scenes in movies - not knowing, of course, that it's an already overcrowded field - and dream of dreamgirls they lack the social skills to approach in real life. But if their development is arrested, they are not really bad sorts...
...what does more interesting beer taste like? The Hitachino Celebration Ale is brewed with orange peel, coriander, nutmeg and cinnamon. The high wheat content and nutmeg aroma of the Schneider Aventinus make it a great beer for a fall afternoon. Rogue Old Crustacean is intense and malty--a perfect complement, suggests Garry, to grilled meats or braised pork belly. The J.W. Lees Harvest would go well with a ginger cake, while the 1993 Thomas Hardy's is so rich and sweet, it could stand up to a Stilton...
Back in the private dining room at Gramercy, Garry pours the fifth and final beer, a 2003 Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout. It looks like espresso and has an earthy taste with only very subtle hints of chocolate, a nice accompaniment to a chocolate dessert--or maybe even a substitute...