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...despite the blatant lack of seasoning. The rice dishes are dubious at best, and overall, the food looks better than it tastes. However, in the case of the yasai katsu curry (#72), there is nothing appetizing about the appearance of rice that looks like a plastic toy from the Fisher Price kitchen. The citrus lime mousse provides a nicely acidic finish to an otherwise dull meal, even though the color of the lime layer is certainly not found in nature. Perhaps Wagamama’s price problem is a function of its British roots. If a tube ticket costs four...

Author: By Francesca T. Gilberti, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A New Noodle in Town | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...hold the fruit-fly attention span of kids? "Video games are not the answer," says Warren Gendel, founder of Fitwize 4 Kids, a chain of traditional children's gyms. "Kids will get bored and be back on the couch." Maybe, but that won't stop the games from coming. Fisher-Price just began selling a video-game bike for toddlers. No word yet on a version for the prewalking crowd--but don't bet against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video Games That Keep Kids Fit | 9/13/2007 | See Source »

...Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been deeply engaged, both with funding and through the no-nonsense leadership of its program director, Jim Shelton. Other philanthropic supporters of the school-reform movement, most notably Eli Broad and Don Fisher, are poised to become much more involved now that it has become clear, with the surge of school entrepreneurs and the appointment of Vallas, that New Orleans will be the nation's most visible test of the charter-school movement. Tulane University, a driving force in the renewal of New Orleans, has created an Institute for Public Education Initiatives to serve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Greatest Education Lab | 9/6/2007 | See Source »

...political reasons and were too wise to take him seriously. The fact that Jimmy Carter and Harry Truman kept him at a distance increases my regard for them. Time observes that Graham "has shaped the contours of American public religion." If that is so, then I weep. M.D. Fisher, Cashmere, Queensland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 8/24/2007 | See Source »

What companies are involved? Since June, Mattel's Fisher-Price unit has recalled almost 1 million preschool toys, Hasbro has called back the same number of Easy-Bake Ovens, and RC2 Corp. has taken back 1.5 million Thomas & Friends train sets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dashboard: Aug. 27, 2007 | 8/16/2007 | See Source »

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