Word: chickening
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Rosenblum’s attempt to find and analyze the best chocolate even takes him south of the border. In Mexico, he watches as “mole mama” Martina Tlacoxolat makes mole, a thick chili-and-chocolate sauce that garnishes a traditional chicken dish. Just as Europeans debate over whether the best chocolate is made in France, Belgium, or Switzerland, Mexicans argue over which region has the best mole poblano, with Puebla and Oaxaca the primary contenders...
...pageant and it rained heavily in San Juan on the night she was named Miss Puerto Rico. Deborah Carthy-Deu, 19, paid no attention to those omens. Like any self-respecting teen, she was impressed with the fact that the last of her facial marks from a bout with chicken pox cleared up two days before the deciding pageant in Puerto Rico. From there she was on a roll, and last week in Miami she became the 34th Miss Universe, the second time a Puerto Rican has won the crown. "I used to sit in front...
...wall at the studio, which the Taliban never found.) "We were afraid that the Taliban would kill us," recalls Mirwais' older brother Nur-ul-Haq, a tabla player who says dozens of artists were beaten in public by Taliban zealots. So the family buried their musical instruments under a chicken coop in the garden. Another brother left to sell flowers in Iran, while Nur-ul-Haq hawked carpets in Pakistan. Mirwais, who was just 5 years old when the Taliban took over, stayed in Kabul with his mother...
...this man who would be my first date in 17 years. I knew about CNN but had never watched it. I got my news from the papers and National Public Radio. Besides, this was pre--Tiananmen Square, pre--Gulf War days, and CNN was still referred to occasionally as "Chicken Noodle News." Nor was I familiar with the world of sailing and the fact that he'd won the prestigious America's Cup. So as time approached for the date, I hurried to find out everything I could...
...guess it's the best of both worlds, right? I'm an old hand and a spring chicken...