Word: broccolis
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...Wall series, in which a schoolgirl sits astride walls facing the cold skyscrapers of Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other cities. Comment on the brash new consumerist society sprouts up in Beijing artist Song Dong's Edible Bonsais, miniature landscapes of ham hock mountains, prosciutto hills and broccoli-flower trees. "What About China?" doesn't pretend to be comprehensive - it doesn't include unofficial artists or those from the worldwide diaspora - but it does provide an introductory look at some of the creative instincts within the awakening giant. Thanks to its playful presentation by designer Laurence Fontaine, it's also...
...burner. Bedroom-eyed and sporting a dusting of stubble, DiSpirito runs Union Pacific, a paragon of gilded, inventive Manhattan dining. He is a regular on the Food Network and the Today show. Now he's hoping his two vocations will meld like orecchiette and broccoli rabe at his new restaurant, Rocco's, which doubles as the set of a reality-TV show. The Restaurant (NBC, Sundays, 10 p.m. E.T., starting July 20) will chronicle the (we're told) sexy, pressure-cooker world of a high-profile restaurant...
...rest of the world, Western Union means money. Having converted its wire traffic from text messages to cash, Western Union increasingly serves as a rough-and-ready bank for millions of migrant workers who send part of their pay to loved ones back home, whether from an Arizona broccoli field to a Mexican village or from a Saudi oil field to Bombay. As the pace of global migration quickens, so does the business of Western Union, which this year will add 20,000 cash-dispensing outlets to the 159,000 it operates in 195 countries and territories--nearly four times...
...makes up for in concern for the freshness of its produce. At least it did the week of May 20th when bestselling cookbook author and vegetarian cuisine pioneer Mollie Katzen, of Moosewood Cookbook fame, surveyed the dining hall crowd, listening intently as Quincy residents described occasionally still-frozen broccoli florets and the frustrating abundance of white grains...
...body's ability to break down fat while reducing the rate of fat synthesis. But calories still matter for weight control; the best way to stay trim is to eat less and exercise more. And remember: low-fat or fat-free dairy products are rich in calcium, as are broccoli, nuts, beans and sardines. --By David Bjerklie