Word: dished
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...having a cow or blind-folded water buffalo turn a primitive screw or a crude wooden lift balanced by a weight of mud. The ordinary meal of an Egyptian fellah still consists of foul beans; moulekieh, a soup made of the greens that grow among cotton plants, is a dish reserved for special days...
Sadat begins to tire noticeably, aides say, late in the afternoon. He has his one big meal of the day, in the American style, between six and seven o'clock: because of his tender stomach, it is normally a dish of simple, boiled food-this time macaroni imported from Italy and rice. Every evening without fail, Sadat schedules two movies, mostly American westerns; he watches them, usually alone, in his pajamas. He leads an ungaudy life, really, but Sadat's comfortable residences and stylish clothes-as well as his glamorous wife-have drawn disapproving mutters from the public...
Michel Bourdin, 35, who as the renowned chef of London's venerated Connaught Hotel has consummated a happy marriage of Gallic savoir and Anglo fare: "The secret of good cooking is not concocting elaborate dishes. Choose fresh things and learn how to bring out their taste. But you must personalize the dish. Cooking is a way of giving and of making yourself desirable. So do it simply, unelaborately...
Robert Carrier, 54, a Falstaffian fellow from Tarry town, N.Y.. who owns two of England's most sumptuous restaurants, Hintlesham Hall in Suffolk and London's Carrier's: "Every time you travel, come back with a dish, not a postcard. Learn to cook the secrets of the world and make them your own by adding curiosity and daring. Toss aside all hoity-toity rules and regulations. When entertaining, make only two dishes, which you must know. Try out anything...
...left, says James St. Amant, supervisor of the state department of fish and game, is to find "a critter that'll feed on them." That may be difficult since the frog's skin apparently contains a toxic venom and tastes awful. Even an alligator passed up a dish of clawed frogs-legs...