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...have a saying, ‘in the abundance of water, the fool is thirsty,’” he says. “There’s kind of a mass psychosis that’s going on around here where people are glomming on the classes that they think they have to have. I suspect that that’s really not true?...
...think Chinese critics and readers will be ready for my work until they achieve something fundamental in their lives: an honest attitude and an independent mind. Although my American readers only know China on a very basic level, they are capable of independent thinking, and you can't fool them...
...cheap pastrami from Australia," he laughs. "Right." Instead, Levin goes straight to the source. His rye bread is par-baked in New York ovens (with New York water), then finished in Hong Kong. His salami comes from the famed Katz's delicatessen. And the bagels-which will fool even the most hardened Manhattan bagel-snob-are baked daily with dough shipped from H&H Bagels. "Why be New York-style? Why not be authentic New York?" he asks. "You can do that now. It's a global village...
...risotto. Cranachan, a mixture of oatmeal, cream, honey and whisky, is a classic dessert. The influence of the Gulf Stream makes Skye fertile ground for soft fruits, so local raspberries accompany the cranachan, while sharp, green gooseberries are puréed and mixed with cream to make a traditional "fool." Spear sums up her approach as "best-quality produce, simply cooked." Her success has made her a spokeswoman for the industry - and has helped put Scottish cooking firmly on the map after all these years...
...Theater exploded like a shtick of nitro, with an assault of vaudeville skits, ancient gags and a man who often dressed as a woman. Suddenly everybody had to have a television--all because a middle-aged comic with manic energy and a desperate need to please was making a fool of himself, live, in America's living rooms. Subtle as a spray of seltzer, Berle dominated the young medium's ratings for years, at his peak winning 80% of the viewing audience. Eventually, TV grew up--anyway, it grew older --and by the mid-'50s Berle's innocent vulgarity...