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...iceman comic or whatever suggests a synonym for coolness and the reversifier. There were other poets whom academe might choose to throw glory at, But Nash was our light-poet laureate. If you doubt that Nash is the perfect bedside midnight snack, if not a feast to dine on, then I urge you to find a copy of "Verses from 1929 On," Where 800 or so examples of Nashiana will set you briskly browsing Until you realize it's dawn and you realize you've been laughing but not sleeping, or even drowsing...
...dark is good for all kinds of things, like love, trysts or even murder. Now, however, another nocturnal activity can be added to the list: fine dining. In Cologne's trendy Unsicht-Bar (in German, an untranslatable pun on the words invisible and bar), light is absolutely verboten, and patrons gather to wine and dine in utter darkness...
...that vegetarianism is bad for your health? That's a complex issue. There's a big, beautiful plant kingdom out there; you ought to be able to dine healthily on this botanical bounty. With perfect knowledge, you can indeed eat like a king from the vegetable world. But ordinary people are not nutrition professionals. While some vegetarians have the full skinny on how to watch their riboflavin and vitamins D and B12, many more haven't a clue. This is one reason that vegetarians, in a study of overall nutrition, scored significantly lower than nonvegetarians on the USDA's Healthy...
...things spark foodie fights like the Michelin Red Guide. Devotees view the book of restaurant ratings with near religious reverence, faithfully using it as a map for culinary pilgrimage. After each year's edition is published, they rush to dine (and be seen dining) in the newly starred eateries. Detractors say that while the restaurants included may be good, there are other, often better ones left out. The 102-year-old Guide, they gripe, is too fusty, too fussy, too French. But whichever side of the table one sits on, the consensus is that establishments with three stars, Michelin...
That source tells TIME that the D.A. and the U.S. Treasury Department are separately probing and exchanging information on firms like Tyco that have slashed their taxes by incorporating in Bermuda and other offshore havens. Last Tuesday Manhattan district attorney Robert Morgenthau journeyed to Washington to dine with David Aufhauser, general counsel of the Treasury Department, where they discussed offshore companies and possible money laundering...