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Andrew Sullivan's blog, the Daily Dish, can be found at time.com
CURRY LIZZIE COLLINGHAM There were no chili peppers in India before the year 1500. So how, you ask, did they make vindaloo, that searingly, deliciously lavalike dish? They didn't. First the chili pepper had to make its way to India from the New World--kind of like long-distance takeout--catching a lift with Portuguese traders. In fact, the quintessentially Indian vindaloo is actually an adaptation of a Portuguese dish--the name is an Indianization of the Portuguese vinho e alhos (wine vinegar and garlic). Vindaloo is just one of the dishes examined in Curry. Part world map, part...
While Jaworski proudly puts her name on Beauty Dish and takes a tone of amused detachment toward her subjects, most salesclerks who blog stay anonymous--to hold on to their jobs and take full advantage of the chance to rant, without mercy, about shoppers' bad behavior. "Do not wait until one minute before we close to come into my store and expect me to wait patiently while you browse and then don't buy anything," chastises Retail Recorder, a blogger who identifies herself only as a store manager. The cell-phone saleswoman who writes a blog called Can You Hear...
...turning to the Web to vent about and occasionally mock the bizarre customer encounters that make working in retail so, um, interesting. "One day a male client called and asked that I bring over some foot-cream samples," writes Birdie Jaworski, an Avon lady, in her blog, Beauty Dish. "He not only wanted to try them on my feet, but then he wouldn...
...tough shots, and he makes them from the outside. He’s got a good pull-up game too.”Along with Gore, Cornell returns an All-Ivy first teamer in swingman Lenny Collins.Collins is more than just an explosive scorer. He can rebound, dish out assists, and pick up some steals on defense.Harvard struggled to contain Collins two years ago, as he racked up 50 points in two games.But last year, the Crimson got a better handle on the All-Ivy talent, holding him to just 14 points in the two meetings.“He?...