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When University President Drew G. Faust landed in China in March 2008, the self-professed connoisseur of ethnic foods had already made up her mind to sample the explosion of exotic flavors that characterizes local Chinese cuisine...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang and June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Around the World with Faust | 12/18/2009 | See Source »

...Tatti center was bequeathed to Harvard in 1959 by art critic and connoisseur Bernard Berenson ’1887, according to Connors. Villa I Tatti offers fellowships to scholars in the “early phase of their careers” for up to about a decade after they earn their doctoral degrees to allow them to pursue independent research...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dante Scholar To Lead Harvard Center in Italy | 12/18/2009 | See Source »

...Hoving left the Met in 1977 and went on to do a number of things. In the early days of the ABC-TV newsmagazine 20/20, from 1978 to 1983, he was its on-air arts correspondent. For a few years after that, he was chief editor of Connoisseur, a now defunct magazine of the arts, which I contributed to for awhile, so I can say with authority that an editorial meeting with the very tall, tirelessly enthusiastic Hoving was like sitting across a table from a windmill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thomas Hoving: The Man Who Made the Modern Met | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...appreciating coffee’s natural flavor, as a utilitarian drinker, I don’t find it too compelling. I know, I know, there’s Jamaican Blue Mountain, there’s Tanzanian peaberry—there are plenty of obscure beans to delight the connoisseur. After all, coffee is an acquired taste. But so is anything, I would imagine, if you work hard enough at acquiring...

Author: By Molly O. Fitzpatrick | Title: Our Coffees, Ourselves | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

...Heart of Jewish Delicatessen (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), is a mouthwatering paean to corned-beef culture. The Oct. 20 launch party for his book, appropriately, was held at Ben's, a sprawling delicatessen in Manhattan's Garment District. Between bites, TIME senior reporter Andrea Sachs caught up with the knish connoisseur. (See pictures of what makes you eat more food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Sax: The Deli King | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

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