Word: chili
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most celebrated dish of the southwest is cassoulet, a concoction of meat and dried beans that is the subject of as many variations and arguments as bouillabaisse or chili. After tasting dozens of versions, the author found the ultimate cassoulet at the Hotel de France in Auch, prepared by the celebrated Gascon chef Andre Daguin. Made with fresh fava beans and confit of duck, it is a contrast in flavors and textures that struck her as nothing less than "a miracle." American cooks should be equally impressed...
...mother's home in Atlantic, Iowa (pop. 7,789). "I think the girls are trying to block it out," says Janet Kimm, his exwife. "I've been trying to get them to break down and get it out of their systems." Kimm, a Marine cook whose chili the girls remember fondly, would have been whipping up Sunday breakfast for some 300 men when the explosion came...
Bunting intends to venture still further afield by going into the specialty-food business. A month ago, he made his opening move by buying the Texas-based Caliente Chili, a seasonings manufacturer. Other acquisitions are expected to follow. Says Leslie Schek, a Noxell senior vice president: "We are looking at specialty foods that will be premium priced and can be sold as gourmet items." It is only appropriate that Noxell is launching its expansion with a firm whose name in Spanish means...
Mexican-food chains are hotter than chili peppers...
HARVARD'S APPROACH to faculty salaries is as different from Texas A&M's as clam chowder and chili. The vicissitudes of the university marketplace, so carefully weighed at the Texas institution, are all but ignored at Harvard, officials say. "Our differentials between salaries in the sciences and humanities are smaller than they are at almost any other university in the country." Dean of the Faculty Henry Rosovsky has boasted. "This has an important impact on the morale of the entire Faculty: we're all engaged in a common intellectual enterprise...