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...wants a piece of liver?" asks Jay Cook, holding up a dark purple slab. "Long time ago, our ancestors ate this raw. It will make you strong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIAN SUMMER | 8/26/1996 | See Source »

...when it debuted a few years ago. Poor Tita and Pedro--so in love, but kept apart by a cruel tradition which stipulates that Tita must remain single and serve her family. A solution seems to present itself when Pedro marries her older sister and Tita serves as their cook--the sexual tension is thicker than flan and a lot hotter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMING SOON TO HARVARD | 7/2/1996 | See Source »

While I have quickly learned humility in all areas of homemaking none is so clear as my experience with food preparation. All those years of shunning learning how to cook (since I equated it with the evil of domesticity) show through clearly in my helplessness in preparing even the simplest meal. I tried to hide my awe when one of my roommates threw two chicken breasts and some oil into a pan and out came dinner. I still haven't gotten to the point of boldly stepping up to the stove and trying to do it myself...

Author: By Corinne E. Funk, | Title: Becoming a Homemaker--Slowly | 6/28/1996 | See Source »

...looks wonderful," said Michael E. Finklea, a general cook at the School of Public Health and a 12-year employee at Harvard. "I'm really really pleased with it.... We have a very good contract for five years--better job security and better wages...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: Dining Services Union, Harvard Ink 5-Year Deal | 6/25/1996 | See Source »

...Heavy, Tyler is the siren who leads a sad-sack cook (Pruitt Taylor Vince) to a full realization of the sweet misery of life. His bar-diner, which often looks deserted except for one resident grouse, is the anti-Cheers; it should be called Blahs. Heavy is a mood piece, which means there's not much going on and ain't ever gonna be. The characters shop, eat, sleep, do some world-class moping and, in general, wait for something the hell to happen. And all that happens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: ONE LIFE TO LIV--BUT CAN SHE ACT? | 6/17/1996 | See Source »

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