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...from the abortionist, for instance, Steve can think of nothing more clever than "C'mon getcher clothes on" which he reiterates six or seven times. But the characters, from Natalie's mother (who might be an ad for La Rosa spaghetti) to her oafish suitor (a sort of diminutive Chef Boyardee), are all pretty familiar...
...Bold & Excellent. Parsifal has been Indiana's chef-d'oeuvre every Lenten season since 1949, two years after Wilfred C. Bain, 56, became dean of the music school. The opera is one of Wagner's most inaccessible, but Bain has an ample notion of his school's grandeur, and each year Indiana's Parsifal aspires to more. Last week, with five faculty members in the leading roles, a somber, brooding mirage of sets by Mario Cristini (who spent 25 years with the San Carlo Opera in Naples), a cast of 66, a 62-voice chorus...
...cold butter. She lifts up a cleaver and amputates the outer wings of a goose, with a couple of chops that sound like cannon fire. She pops a chestnut into her mouth to see if it is done. She smiles and says between swallows, "Welcome to The French Chef. I'm Julia Child...
...Smith and did not know a choucroute garnie from a pate en croute until she began living in Paris in 1948, where her husband was attached to the U.S. Embassy. Having no children and little to do, Mrs. Child began to study the cuisine of France under a chef who once worked with Auguste Escoffier. Soon she had established her own cooking school-Ecole des Trois Gourmandes-with two French women as partners, who still run it. After twelve years of preparation, the three of them published in 1961 a cookbook called Mastering the Art of French Cooking...
Gold Dust Twins. Bernstein had the very touch Zeffirelli needed to complete a chef-d'oeuvre: under his baton, Verdi's wit and whimsy seemed ironic and sharp. He brought modern accents and strong colors to the aerial delicacy of Verdi's score, and drove the Met's orchestra at a pace that left the superb cast flushed and breathless...