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...creating treats that are more savory than sweet. Vosges Haut-Chocolate is offering truffles filled with Taleggio cheese or topped with dried olives. Chefs are also using cocoa in dishes that come before dessert. F. Bryce Whittlesey has created a menu at Wheatleigh in Lenox, Mass., that includes lobster, foie gras and venison--all made using chocolate as one would a spice or an herb. How sweet it is--or isn't. --By Lisa McLaughlin
...Game Cook-Off in Welches, Ore. At its 2000 debut, about 50 people showed up. In 2003 more than 600 checked out the creations of such top chefs as Joseba Jimenez of Seattle's Harvest Vine restaurant, who made a pheasant braised in Cabernet Franc and sherry vinegar with foie gras. It's not just chefs in the outdoorsy West who are serving unconventional meats. In Houston, Ziggy's Healthy Grill faced a storm of animal-rights protests after adding kangaroo burgers to its menu. And in New York City, Thalassa features wild boar marinated in Greek mountain honey...
...regional holiday specialties are quite so dramatic. Stollen, a kind of fruitbread, is popular in Germanic countries, along with gingerbread and mulled wine. In France, holiday feasts typically feature oysters, foie gras and a bûche de Noël, a log-shaped cake. Few Japanese are Christian, but many celebrate Christmas and nearly everyone buys a Christmas cake decorated with figurines. Russia's Orthodox Christians, who celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, flock to have their fortunes told in the week before the holiday. Britons swear by their Christmas pudding, a steamed, alcohol-soaked fruitcake. One cherished ritual...
...another planet. For the very idea of a student-centered higher-education system, where every infrastructural nuance - from faculty offices to student housing to decent salaries to ample classrooms - is designed to facilitate both teaching and research, is as foreign to most French universities as a slice of foie gras is to a Weight Watchers' meeting. Instead, what we have in France - often in the name of democracy and equality of opportunity - are overcrowded classrooms, underpaid professors, faculty offices shared by as many as eight to 10 instructors, a system so mired in bureaucracy it requires a series of secretaries...
...find a wide selection of tasty treats and gourmet ingredients here, from aged balsamic vinegars to caviar and foie gras. The mushroom section features a detailed list of a dozen fresh varieties--including these Cinnamon Caps, left, part of an exotics gift basket. The Taste of Modena, an Italian-countryside set, comes with dried porcinis and white truffle...