Word: chili
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bush basked in the afterglow of victory, he once again diluted his p.r. triumph with remarks that would be more appropriate for an overeager Boy Scout who had just won a survival-hike merit badge. At a chili lunch in Worland, Wyo., he told an appreciative audience, "I need combat pay for last night, I'll tell you." To a high school chemistry class in Cheyenne, he described live television: "You know, it's Tension City when you're in there...
...chef at that august address for 21 years, the Swiss-born Haller retired in October, just as this reverential book was coming off the presses. Most of the recipes are for hearty, homey family favorites that reflect the regional backgrounds of Presidents from Lyndon Johnson (who favored Texas-style chili con carne, lamb hash and deer sausage), through Gerald Ford (lusty, German-influenced fare like sweet-and-sour stuffed cabbage, apple pancakes and a revolting curried tuna casserole), to Ronald Reagan (hamburger soup, roast-beef hash and, in more sophisticated moments, the Italian veal-shank dish called osso buco). Haller...
...supermarkets for as much as $11.94 for six, as compared with $3.99 for light beer and $6.49 for imports. Many of the microbreweries have pubs attached, and much of the fun comes from gathering there, usually in view of copper brewing vats, and nibbling on such sturdy fare as chili, nachos and chicken wings...
...clips his words in the same brusque spirit his barber clips his crew cut. He wears a suit he must have found at a time warp's going-out-of-business sale, smokes unfiltered cigarettes and eats chili dogs as if there were no radicchio. He believes in virginity, the 55-m.p.h. speed limit and that old- time religion. Welcome back, Sergeant Joe Friday...
...bowl that was then taken to the kitchen where it was brought to a frothy boil along with mutton, beef, noodles, vegetables, coriander and scallions. Puffed up like tiny spaetzle, the bread dumplings fleshed out a satisfying soup that was made fiery, sharp and aromatic with additions of chili and sesame oils, and winy, amber-colored aged vinegar. Many ganbei, or toasts, drunk with the strong-smelling mao-tai whisky, cloyingly sweet orange soda or cool, refreshing Chinese beer were raised...