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...pretty stark contrast to a year ago when luxury players were desperately searching for signs of recovery after months of falling stock markets and lackluster consumer confidence brought on by the Sept. 11 attacks. "What's happened is there is a necessity for a feel-good factor for luxury," says Dana Telsey, luxury-goods analyst for Bear Stearns. "With the improvement in the environment, especially after SARS and the war in Iraq, the demand for better products is expanding to all different levels--from the superpremium, like private jets and resort residences, to the accessible Coach...
...just over the pros and cons of a seared scallop. And while it's true that a long evening at a good table should also provide some theater, a sense of occasion, the occasion should not be Halloween. When you're trying to focus on the contrast between your garlic steamed branzino and the lingonberry-walnut chutney it came with, you don't want too much distraction coming from the window trims. It's bad enough that you may be addressing this question after your third glass of that witty, ambitious Bordeaux...
...Cheese, Laura Werlin offers up 50 lush versions of the oozing classic. Along with her opinion of "the best grilled cheese" (cheddar on sourdough), she explores a Dutch-inspired gouda with red onions on rye, right, four Italian cheeses on ciabatta, and a caprese with mozzarella offering a sweet contrast to tangy sun-dried tomatoes and lemon zest. There are even desserts like goat cheese and honey on cinnamon-raisin bread. --By Lisa McLaughlin
...least that's true for many Americans, whose fat-and calorie-packed diets and largely exercise-free lives are a prescription for heart disease and plenty of other ills. For Okinawans, by contrast, the traditional way of life seems tailor-made for living forever--one day at a time...
...Russia will fail to come first or second in the gold medal table in a non-boycotted Games. Some of the decline can be attributed to the end of the Soviet-era sports system, which poured almost unlimited finances - not to mention drugs - into athletics in Eastern Europe. By contrast, Australia grabbed 17 golds through Saturday - one more than it won at home in Sydney - and 49 medals overall. And a resurgent Japan won 15 golds through Saturday, an astonishing three times its tally in Sydney and five times more than in Atlanta...