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...Timothy J. Burger and Scott MacLeod
...Reported by Timothy J. Burger, Massimo Calabresi, James Carney, John F. Dickerson, Elaine Shannon and Mark Thompson/Washington
Members old and new seem to appreciate the fancier fare. On a recent Friday, Elise Samuelson, 35, of Anchorage, finished her 40-min. lunch-break workout and then sat down for a lean buffalo burger before heading back to her accounting office. "I like that I can go right in, all sweaty, and eat a nice lunch, not just a salad," says Samuelson. Similarly, Tad Thornton, 26, has made eating at the Lakeshore Athletic Club in Broomfield, Colo., part of his routine. After his swimming and spinning workouts, he ducks into the club's new restaurant for meals like pesto...
...menus at Bartley’s Burger Cottage list him as “Harvard’s newest professor” after Ventura insisted the owners add him to their list of sandwich celebrities. With his fellowship behind him, the jack-of-all-trades can add yet another occupation to his eclectic résum?...
Nutritionists applaud Beall's efforts--to a point. "This is terrific," says Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. "But let's not forget that Ruby Tuesday also sells a colossal burger that is a pound of meat [14 oz. to be precise] with cheese--a real heart stopper. Some of their food is healthier, but this is not health food." Jacobson insists that too many people will look past the calorie, fat, carb and fiber counts on the menu. What's needed, he says, is sanity in portion sizes...