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Dates: during 2000-2009
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When the restaurant was busy he’d pitch in, helping to clear plates or scrub down the tables, and sometimes he would even bring in tourists to eat at the diner. The clown, who Richie Bezjian describes as somewhat of a food connoisseur, particularly loved the fresh berries he cooked into his pancakes...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook and Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Controversial Clown Gave Laughter, Life to Square | 4/17/2003 | See Source »

...It’s not really the place to be,” Rudder says. “It’s a great place to be a connoisseur of things, but not to be a band. It’s highly competitive...

Author: By Ashley Aull, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ivy League Rockers Work Connections | 4/4/2003 | See Source »

...Bologna's historic center, speaks like a proud butcher one minute and a philosophy professor the next. As lunchtime customers pass before the 150 available varieties of sausage hanging nearby, Tamburini explains that understanding food is like studying archaeology. "There are always new discoveries to be uncovered," the bulky connoisseur declares, after one of his regular customers recommends a special spicy salami that has long been produced in a small village near Parma. For those who thought all hams were created equal, Tamburini offers the premium Culatello prosciutto, taken from the most prized section of the pork hind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Eating in Italy | 12/22/2002 | See Source »

...weekend, impress them with your newfound college sophistication by sipping on one of America’s oldest and most refined cocktails: the Old Fashioned. This classic cocktail was invented in the late 19th century at the Pendennis Club in Louisville, Ky., for a prominent Southern colonel and whiskey connoisseur. Since that time the Old Fashioned has been a favorite of the stylish. From speakeasies to lawn parties to Hollywood soirees, the Old Fashioned was such a staple it inspired a Cole Porter song, “Make it Another Old Fashioned, Please...

Author: By Alice O. Wong, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Drinky-Drink | 10/24/2002 | See Source »

...addition to his accomplishments in the medical field, Malt was a voracious reader, a connoisseur of wine, food and art, an antique collector and an accomplished photographer, according to his family...

Author: By Steven N. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Surgeon, First to Replant Severed Limb, Dies at 70 | 10/15/2002 | See Source »

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