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...craze for ebony-tinged foods can be traced to Asia, where inky ingredients have a long and illustrious tradition. The nutty flavors and raven tones of forbidden rice were once reserved for Chinese emperors. Silkie chickens, whose snowy white feathers cover birds with black skin, flesh and bones, are prized throughout Asia for their deep, gamy flavor and used in soupy tonics said to enrich blood and improve health. And in Japan, dark foods like black vinegar drinks, black soy milk and black sesame breakfast cereals are currently so popular that Häagen-Dazs even sells a black sesame...
...Muslim and western cods indeed clash, as Carla Power noted [Nov. 19]. Question any religious people about public displays of flesh, and they will tell you they abhor it. Muslims may take concealing skin a bit too far, but having witnessed what its exposure has done to Western societies, I prefer to wear my head scarf and my long dress. Besides, I like to receive recognition because of the faith I display, not because of the skin I expose. And in the private realm, sex should be discussed with decency...
...Moines Register (in print or, even better, online) or on your favorite candidate's website. At www.fred.08.com, for example, you can find out if there's a Fred Thompson event within a five-mile radius of your zip code (although the event may not feature Fred in the flesh, and for details, you must first sign up as a "Friend of Fred...
...enthusiasm. Happily, Caleb was open to my request and my background, so the next thing I knew, I was at my first Bible study.I announced my Judaism from the start; I was Alex the Jew. To my surprise, no one recoiled or flung holy water on my unbaptized flesh. I was warmly welcomed. We started by reading the commandment against worshipping false idols from the Old Testament and its reappearance in the New Testament. I was able to share my take on the origins of the law, since it’s a reminder of when Abraham, the founder...
...Pressing the flesh in neighboring Woollahra, a sartorially splendid Turnbull can't quite match Hawke at this caper - but boy, tough crowd! Some of the people sipping coffee in the sunshine look miffed to have been approached. "It's a thin line," says Turnbull, "between engaging people and bothering them. I err on the side of respecting privacy." Time up, he bounds across Queen Street to wave down a bus bound for the city. "He's always catching the bus," says a staffer...