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...cuisine—to choose a more familiar reference—no one would confuse the two cuisines. Ethiopian and Eritrean food is eaten with a steamed flatbread called “injera” — and no silverware. Platters of food are traditionally lined with the bread, which gets its characteristic spongy quality from a day-long fermentation process. The resulting dough is then steamed without any butter or oil to become a squishy pancake with the tang of San Francisco sourdough and a buckwheat-like flavor from a special grain called “maskal teff...
...which won 3-star ratings from the Michelin guides) says happy childhood memories inspired his gourmet take on toad in the hole, which recently appeared on Per Se's vegetarian tasting menu. "That was what we used to have when we were kids. Mom would take a piece of bread, put a hole in it and cook it," he says. Per Se's iteration replaces white bread with brioche, and the hen egg with one from a pigeon or quail...
...dating life was driving around from store to store,” DeLuca said, telling of personal sacrifices he and his then-girlfriend, now wife, made while operating Subway before it became a franchise. “Sometimes it would turn into, ‘Can you carry this bread?’” he quipped. DeLuca also emphasized the importance of remaining positive in the face of adversity. “There will be problems—if not every day, often,” he said. “[Goals] help you keep in mind where...
...some tasteful surprises, like Blue Pumpkin, a café with stark white tables, loungers and beds that are briskly attended by beaming, black-clad staff. The day's leftovers are donated to charity, and on festive days Blue Pumpkin's delivery van tours outlying villages, handing out free bread and cookies. "You can't live here without being aware of the poverty," says Frenchman Arnaud Curtat, who started Blue Pumpkin with his wife six years ago. "We want to take care of our staff, but also to try to do something to raise the quality of life of other Cambodians...
...good reason, since al-Sadr has been al-Maliki's prime source of support in the Iraqi governing coalition. But if the leak of the Hadley memo was some sort of awkward Bush strategy, it failed. Al-Maliki refused to sup with Bush. They breakfasted-and it's possible bread was broken only after the White House agreed not to push on al-Sadr. The body language between the two men was dire. Bush seemed severely ticked off during the press conference...