Search Details

Word: buffetting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...classroom; it was dimly lit and at least "15 degrees colder than the ones we're being shown," she said. The students sat huddled in winter jackets, some wearing hoods or hats. Sadder was the breakfast room at the hotel that morning, just after a complimentary - and lavish - buffet had been served to us. A friend of mine, from the orchestra's delegation, arrived after 9 a.m., when the buffet had closed. As she entered she saw a couple of the waitresses at work. They weren't clearing the mountains of food away; they were taking pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ballad Of Kim Jong Il | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

...they can eat, so they produce more waste than they would if their meal had a price tag. Charging for food would force dining-hall denizens to economize on their dining, and concurrently to keep their waste to a minimum. What is today an all-you-can-carry buffet would suddenly give hungry undergraduates pause, reducing the astronomical amount that gets thrown away. They would also consider the relative costs of each item of food. If salads are much cheaper to produce than sandwiches, student decisions should take this into account. Whether HUDS priced food at the cost of producing...

Author: By Daniel P. Robinson | Title: No Such Thing as a Free Lunch | 2/19/2008 | See Source »

...Sunday in Abu Dhabi the press lunch consisted of a dozen or so lavish dishes delivered sequentially on a 30-person service of monogrammed, gilt Limoges china. (The meal was delicious, thank you, but surprisingly none of the dishes was as good as the goat's brains from the buffet laid out by the palace of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum of Dubai on Monday). Back to the interesting part: amid all the excess, the Gulf is becoming a test case for the theory that oil wealth is a curse rather than a blessing when it comes to democratic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Decorate Like An Emir | 1/14/2008 | See Source »

Chriss Dodd, the head of the Senate Banking Committee, pulls in 1 more percentage point in national polling numbers than you do. Instead of trying to get people to come see him, Dodd goes where the people are. On a Friday night he's buying a buffet of Irish stew and soda bread at Jameson's Bar in Waterloo and walking around like the perfect dad at his daughter's wedding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Run of an Also Ran | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...operate 24 hours a day, will serve deli sandwiches with a seating area, like Darwin’s; high-end grocery items, like Cardulo’s; and convenience items, like 7-11. Whang will also have a produce section, a salad bar, and a large prepared-food buffet section, similar to Whole Foods, he said...

Author: By Gabriel J. Daly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Grocer Coming to Square | 11/20/2007 | See Source »

Previous | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | Next