Word: duckness
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...tower of oreo creams in between two pieces of oreo cookie. It's like a chocolatey metaphor for America being way-beyond double-stuffed. But before you're even ready to take in the atrocities of 7 lb. breakfast burritos and the jawdropping Turbaconucken (yes, a chicken inside a duck inside a turkey, all wrapped in bacon), you're exposed. And it will haunt you. As will the deep-fried candy bars, the over-representation of bacon and a ship made entirely of meat that might actually be all the world's heart attacks collected in a bowl...
...What They're Banning in Tuscany: In what has been dubbed "culinary racism," the city council of Lucca, in Italy's Tuscany region, has passed rules denying licenses to new non-Italian restaurants in the town center. Food items such as kebabs, Peking duck and even McDonald's meals are out. City leaders say the change is meant only to safeguard Lucca's traditional cultural identity...
...Under the leadership of first year head coach Brian Baise, the Harvard men’s volleyball team landed its first victory of the season over the Stevens Institute in its home opener at the Malkin Athletic Center on Saturday. After dropping its first contest to the fourth-ranked Ducks, the Crimson came out ahead in the next three games for a 3-1 win overall (23-30, 32-30, 30-27, 30-27). “Once we had a game under our belt we felt a lot more comfortable,” junior co-captain Gil Weintraub said...
...offers a private guided tour with an expert. The hour-long "Tours for Two" take place after the galleries are closed to the public, and run each Saturday in February starting at 5:30 p.m. Stick around afterwards and have dinner at Danny Meyer's Modern restaurant, where the duck confit can't be beat. The tours are $200, but members get $25 off this price. Feb 7, 14, 21 and 28. 11 West 53rd St.; 212-708-9685 groupservices@moma.org...
...Blumenthal, chef and owner of The Fat Duck in Bray, England, agreed. "We all use sugar. And sugar - sucrose - doesn't grow in the form of white grains. It has to be processed. Yet sugar is okay. Sucrose is okay. It's only when you get to maltodextrin (a group of low-molecular-weight carbohydrates produced by the hydrolysis of starch) that people start saying, 'Wait a minute, that's going too far.'" (Read a TIME story about Blumenthal's perfect day in London...