Word: dessertation
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...guitar riffs and rapid-fire drum beats. Beer (and, one would hope, the more appropriate whiskey sours) were washing down heaping handfuls of "Banana Puddin'," a Southern Culture favorite, which some female fans obligingly flung off the stage during the performance of the band's serenade to the delectable dessert (the group is also known for slinging fried chicken off the stage during shows). Continuing in their appreciation of down home cuisine, sincere thanks were sent to the Boston Blue Ribbon Barbecue for the "best ribs and sweet potato pie I've ever had," an altruistic acknowledgement of the fact...
Once in Gaza, Peres sat back and listened to Arafat complain. The excitable Palestinian leader inflated the numbers of dead and wounded and sneered at measures Israel thought of as concessions. "I sensed an unbelievable gap," Peres said. But over dinner Peres calmed Arafat. After they ate a dessert of kunafeh, sweet semolina topped with shredded wheat and syrup, Peres and Arafat talked alone. By half past midnight, they had a deal. Arafat agreed to end the shooting--though not the stones and the Molotov cocktails. In return, Peres would persuade Barak to pull back some of Israel's tanks...
...self-described risk taker whose sweet-corn ice cream (inspired by Mexican cuisine) is now a summer favorite, Fleming aims to make dessert fun--an attitude that's readily apparent in her basket of warm cinnamon-sugar doughnuts and the warm chocolate souffle served with a shot-glass-size chocolate malted and a scoop of chocolate-malted ice cream. "Claudia gives a lot of thought to her desserts and combines flavors that make you want to eat them," says pastry chef Nancy Silverton of Los Angeles' Campanile restaurant and La Brea Bakery. "I'd rather eat her desserts than...
Today Fleming spends much of her time devising new recipes for the restaurant (a pear-based dessert for the fall menu is a current priority). She is also working on her first cookbook, The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern, to be published by Random House next fall. Her ultimate fantasy: to open "the great American bakery--whatever that is"--or, better yet, a restaurant that serves nothing but desserts...
...Republican gathering, while slightly smaller than the Democrats', proved a little more festive than the Democrats' party. Perhaps it was the crystal clear satellite TV reception or the dessert tray. Or perhaps it was the frat-house atmosphere and availability of alcohol...