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Pompeii itself is a curious dish. It's marketed as a thriller, but it contains a lot more information about Roman engineering techniques and volcanology than your average Tom Clancy, and there are moments when the story feels like just an excuse to show off another nifty piece of research. Still, if Pompeii lumbers heavily at first, it eventually picks up speed, helped along by squalls of flying lava and gusts of uncommonly sharp writing, as well as by the undeniable pathos of Harris' most successful character, the great natural philosopher Pliny, who insists on recording his observations of Vesuvius...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Blast from the Past | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

...aware of the quagmire she's got herself into. "Why give the Pork Pit in Montego Bay the same weight as Paris' legendary Taillevent?" she asks, referring to two well-known but very different restaurants. The answer is that the world would ultimately be a much less delectable dish if it were only composed of truffles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Around the World in 80 Years | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

...aware of the quagmire she's got herself into. "Why give the Pork Pit in Montego Bay the same weight as Paris' legendary Taillevent?" she asks, referring to two well-known but very different restaurants. The answer is that the world would ultimately be a much less delectable dish if it were only composed of truffles. Only a die-hard travel writer (which Schultz is - and one who claims descent from Mark Twain at that) could imagine that visiting all of these disparate places is remotely achievable. Nonetheless, just the notion alone is salivating - even if you will never ride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Around The World In 80 Years | 11/30/2003 | See Source »

...TREASURY SECRETARY, YOU HAD TO MEASURE YOUR WORDS. NOW YOU DON'T. SO, YOU SPENT SIX YEARS WITH BILL CLINTON. WHERE'S THE DISH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Robert Rubin | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

Peljto scored her first basket on a layup off a nifty back-door dish from co-captain forward Tricia Tubridy...

Author: By J. PATRICK Coyne, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: No. 16 Buffs Eke Out Win Over W. Hoops | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

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