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...warm Mediterranean waters. Then it's on to my favorite second course: oven-baked turbot with olive oil and potatoes. The simple seasoning, right touch of salt and high temperature ensure that the fish comes steaming out of the oven to rest with perfect levity on the tongue. For dessert, I go for the mini chocolate cake served warm with a soft center or a smooth lemon sorbet. By the end of the meal, you will have confirmed your response to Francesco's opening query: yes, I like fish - more than ever. €35-40 per person, Via P. Verri...
...bread into the toaster oven and pour a medium-size jar of marinara sauce into a saucepan to simmer. While all that's bubbling, you chop up half a head of iceberg lettuce and a couple of tomatoes for the salad, which you'll sprinkle with a light dressing. Dessert will be two scoops of frozen yogurt per person and a plate of assorted low-fat cookies for the family to share. Sounds pretty healthy, right...
When THOMAS JANE talks about The Punisher, a comic-book movie that opens next summer, you get the sense he's not talking about the no-dessert kind of punishment. Jane plays Frank Castle, a moody, haunted ex-Marine, now superhero, whose wife was killed by a Mafia boss (played by John Travolta). Hence his penchant for the punitive. The actor spent nine months working with Navy SEALs on "hand-to-hand combat, edged-weapon fighting, Japanese martial arts, Israeli martial arts, Filipino martial arts..." Jane ticks them off on his now deadly fingers. "The training has been incredibly intensive...
...those awkward dining hall conversations you have with decreasing frequency after freshman year. The friend of a friend and I, abandoned during the dessert course by our mutual acquaintance, were trying to fill the silences between sips of coffee with pleasantries. We had inquired about each others’ concentrations; where we’d grown up; which courses we had decided to take; how we had spent our respective summers. Then, when the silence lengthened uncomfortably, I cleared my throat and introduced a formula I’d relied upon since elementary school: “So, what...
...Midwest Grill offers a good selection of South American wines and plenty of beer, almost all of which is American. Dessert is available, though not particularly tempting. In fact, after dinner at The Midwest Grill, very little is appealing except a couple of Alka Seltzer and a long night’s sleep. So just remember—leave that date at home, and you’ll have a wonderful evening...