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...ancient wines. In 1996, for example, his lab created a stir by finding dried traces of wine in 7,500-year-old jugs that hailed from the Zagros Mountains of present-day Iran. A few years later his lab identified some of the key constituents in a funerary feast held in about 700 B.C. in honor, some think, of King Midas. The feast, as re-enacted at a gala hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Museum, included a modern re-creation of Phrygian grog, a concoction McGovern's lab determined was part wine, part beer and part mead...
...evaporated," contends Saudi journalist Tariq Alhomayed. But the rotten public-relations fallout is not likely to alter al-Qaeda's plans. Saudi officials are preparing for the worst as 2 million of the faithful converge next week on the holy city of Mecca to celebrate the Eid ul-Fitr feast. Saudi officials say they dispatched 4,700 extra security forces there last week after foiling a plot that included plans to set off car bombs next to the Grand Mosque. Such attacks aim to undermine the authority of the Saudi royal family, whose legitimacy derives from its role...
...screen TVs are playing different college football games: Auburn vs. Georgia on one, Purdue versus Ohio State on the other. The walls are decorated with loud signs saying things like, “Put some South in yo’ mouth” and “Rib Feast! All-U-Can-Eat Ribs $17.95 2 hours max!” The gusty November weather seems miles away—especially when “Sweet Home Alabama” comes on the stereo and everybody cheers, jumps up and starts singing along...
...folks at the Brattle Theater know this. That’s why they’ve dreamed up a double incentive in order to lower the average age of their audience a bit: adding food to the equation. The reasoning behind the new Thursday night Feast for the Eyes series is that the most challenging arthouse film is infinitely sweetened when a Finale tart or Temple Bar cocktail is added to the equation...
...Some Feast for the Eyes events are still in the planning stage, and they vary in setup. This coming Thursday, presenting a ticket stub from the sexually-charged Mexican audience-pleaser Like Water for Chocolate at Finale will get you a $17.95 appetizer and dessert combo, plus an unspecified “parting gift.” A full list is available at www.brattlefilm.org/thursday.html....