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...fried Sichuan chicken is a good example. Chicken breasts are sauteed in a regular skillet, then drenched in a delicious sauce composed of the usual Chinese suspects: oyster, bean and hoisin sauces, sherry instead of Chinese wine, ginger, garlic, chili sauce and Sichuan peppercorns. Another of the charms of this book is the notion of serving these Oriental-style dishes along with Western foods, in this case with steamed carrots in parsley butter...
Iraq's softest spot is food. The country relies on imports for 70% of its wheat and nearly all its chicken feed, meat, cheese, sugar and cooking oil. Most of these foodstuffs come from North America, Europe and Australia. The sanctions exempt food exports if they are justified on humanitarian grounds, but many of Saddam's suppliers have decided to starve him out, at least as long as famine is not imminent. Estimates of how long Iraq's food stores will last range from two to six months...
...each day I put off reading. No matter where I was, though--running from second to third base on the softball field, being yelled at by my tentmates to get seconds on chicken wingdings--that list was always on the back of my mind. Even now, long after my days as a camper, I still, for the life of me, cannot read in the summer. Oh, sure, I put away a few books or plays, but I cannot really read. I cannot truly achieve the feeling that I never ever want to leave my cozy chair until I finish...
...personality. Others, however, strongly support Hume's greatness on the ground that the force of his personality definitely affected the age in which he lived. It is not a question of the cart before the horse in either case, merely the old problem of which came first, the chicken or the egg. In any case, there is much to be said on both sides...