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...Devonshire. He and Knightley make a convincingly unhappy couple onscreen. Even the aristocratic British accent—often hard to do well–is right on par. Half the fun of watching the movie is seeing the lavishly overdone costumes. The sets ooze 18th century opulence. The dinner party scene—shown in the movie’s trailer—encapsulates the splendor enjoyed by 18th century British aristocrats with its bejeweled guests and ornately decorated interiors. The rustling skirts and gleaming chandeliers, however, can’t hide the truth?...
...tons of books in the house and my mother would read to us at the dinner table at night,” he says, beginning a story, something he often does when answering a question. “She would fix a meal, eat quickly before we would all sit down, and she would read...
...Pakistan's new president Asif Zardari was supposed to have been dining at the Marriott when the bomb went off, but had decided at the last minute to eat at the prime minister's house. Had he kept to his original dinner plans, he could very well have been killed, pushing Pakistan closer to total and uncontainable chaos. By the way, there is a fairly good argument that car bombs are what keep the world's leaders from getting out and walking around, leaving them physically isolated...
...heads cut off, and exotic items that words can’t do justice.I was strolling through when I saw a vendor pull a live snake from a bag, gut it, and hand it to a paying customer, who then headed to find some fresh onions for his reptilian dinner. There was nothing fake about that moment, and for some reason, I feel much more comfortable in Shanghai having seen it. Chinese beer tastes better to me now, I can hold my chopsticks with more confidence, and when a patch of sweat appears under my arm in the crippling Shanghai...
...infuse foam with grapefruit essence or make lavender gelatin look like caviar. I went to Italy because I was a foodie harboring a big, dark secret: I was afraid I couldn’t cook. Prior to my trip, I’d thrown my share of dinner parties with no reported instances of poisoning or death. But the only dish I’d perfected in all my years of carrying around Bon Appétit issues like badges of my food expertise was a mean bowl of oatmeal with cinnamon, raisins, and banana. And even with my irrational...