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...sometimes found in a British country-house hotel, and the traditional decor employs florals without falling victim to chintz. If, after a day of bracing fell climbing or water sports you find yourself in need of a stiff drink, have a predinner cocktail by the open-hearth fire. Such canapés as foie gras ballotine and quail egg with truffle mayo are exquisite teasers to the local-fare feast of up to eight courses. Standouts include creamed crab, potato and tomato mille-feuilles with lime crème fraiche; roast free-range chicken, tarragon mousseline, creamed leeks and black...
...hands of the Chinese. The U.S. government should impose sanctions on China. Gere's description of the Dalai Lama warmed my heart and calmed my spirit. I pray his exile will soon end. Mary M. Revis Dayton, Ohio, U.S. One hundred of anything is way too much - 100 caviar canapés, 100 chocolate sundaes, even 100 dazzling human beings. Don't you realize that TV has shrunk our attention span to 10 nanoseconds? Couldn't you space out those remarkable folks - say, five per issue? Jason McCloskey Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. Once again, your list of influentials is peppered with...
...comic books (Don't let bullies kick sand in your face, weakling) and a few grownups even lifted weights at Vic Tanny's. By the early '70s, however, a sweeping change was literally afoot. At a cocktail party, the old-fashioned kind with fat-laced canapés and spirituous liquors, some gaunt, counterculture Ph.D. brandished his glass of club soda and announced: "The body is the temple of the soul...
...known for a mean left and the other for a mean write, but last week Norman Mailer and Truman Capote were on their best behavior. Only bons mots and canapés were passed around at a Manhattan discothèque party celebrating the publication of Southern Baptist Dotson Rader's new book Miracle. To get in the spirit of things, Dotson and a friend sang hymns between disco numbers. "Why not? After all, television mixes apples with astronauts," opined Mailer, 55, who is writing a book about Gary Gilmore, the executed murderer. "It's a new angle...
...eight-hour music and comedy show. At that, the reception was an austerity model, in deference to Egypt's economic problems. The entertainers, including an ample belly dancer, donated their services. And the father of the bride cut costs by serving the guests only a light snack of canapés and cakes...