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...miracle, but it is a foretaste of the paradise for which they have prayed all their pinched and gloomy lives. And Axel is a worthy saucier's apprentice. His orchestration of this parable matches her culinary skills in subtlety, verve and perfect taste. From soup to cognac, Babette's Feast is delicious, a meal that memory will forever savor...
...Uptown Down Home Cookbook (Little, Brown; 235 pages; $17.95). This culinary memoir is built around the foods of the author's North Carolina childhood, but it also encompasses recipes that Hovis developed in a career as a New York City food stylist and caterer -- chicken breasts in orange-cognac sauce, or a watercress, cucumber and avocado soup...
...March the E.C. effectively cut off some $400 million in U.S. grain exports to Spain after that country entered the Community. Unless adequate compensation was provided, the U.S. said, it would impose crippling 200% duties at 12:01 a.m. last Friday on such Community exports as British gin, French cognac and Dutch cheese. Finally, about four hours before the deadline last week, a settlement was reached and the shoot-out was called...
...Community loomed larger than ever. In Palm Springs, Calif., where President Reagan was vacationing, U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter announced last week that the Administration was prepared to slam the door by Jan. 30 on more than $400 million worth of West European imports, including Italian white wine, French cognac and British gin. The Europeans came right back with threatened new barriers against such U.S. products as corn-gluten feed, soy cakes, rice and almonds. Yeutter spoke darkly of possible "major disruptions in international trade." In Paris, a French trade minister warned that Europe would respond "eye for eye, tooth...
...welfare payments. Soon after, he was arrested in his newly purchased Buick Skylark along with two passengers, one of whom had just sold 8 oz. of cocaine to an undercover narcotics agent. Facing narcotics and firearm charges, Garrett must stand trial next month for allegedly stealing two bottles of cognac from a liquor store. The unlucky winner did manage to make bail by pledging $80,000 as security -- from his future lottery payments...