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Like other teams, the South Africans strived to put a bit of home on their platter without alienating the judges, in this case by including some South African curry and passionfruit in their marinated cod. The Dutch topped one of their exquisite garnishes with pastry windmills. First-time contestant Uruguay served its oxtails in hand-painted ceramic pots from home. The British team's national touch came in the name they assigned their beef filet: Henry V. "It's a bit of fun," says team coach Roger Hulstone. "Britain beating the French at Agincourt and all that." Adds...
...jury, was a little regretful about that comfort zone. "I was hoping it wouldn't be luxury item upon luxury item, that they would strip away the pretension," he said after tasting his way through 12 plates of beef on the first day, "But that wasn't quite the case. Still, the fact that I'm here means the contest is changing."(See the top 10 food trends...
...case in point is Playboy, whose Bunny-filled blowout is usually the signature event of Super Bowl week. Last year in Arizona, Hugh Hefner hosted 2,500 people in a 52,000-sq.-ft. pavilion for his party, and tickets were going for $3,000 in the secondary market. This year, with Playboy's stock down more than 70%, Hef has canceled its Super Saturday Night party. Instead, the company is sponsoring a DirectTV event; four Playmates will be on hand, compared with the 22 who showed up at last year's Playboy bash. (See the best and worst Super...
...fairness, Coffee says, Cox and his enforcement officers "were hobbled by commissioners" who wanted pre-approval before SEC enforcement officers could seek penalties. "Nobody wants to get fired for being too aggressive in their investigations," he says. "The agency is demoralized and this could explain the Madoff case...
...illustrates again an important truth about human nature-that angry people can go nuts. This in turn illustrates an important point about how to run a system of justice: We can't trust people to be reasonable when they get involved in lawsuits. What was most shocking about this case was not the idiotic claim, however, but that the case was allowed to go on for more than two years-complete with sworn testimony on how the cleaner maintains its laundry tickets and what it really meant by the sign that said SATISFACTION GUARANTEED...