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...kitchen door swings open. But for John Elkann, the 30-year-old vice chairman of both Fiat and IFIL, the Agnelli family's €6 billion holding company, this is the perfect place for a power lunch. After ordering his favorite Vittoria dish - a lightly fried veal cutlet with fresh tomatoes - Elkann leans in to better explain his choice. "You know why I really like this place?" he says, lowering his voice and widening his eyes. "Because it's fast." Those are the words of a young man on the move. It's been nine years since he was handpicked...
Were the consequences of underestimating terrorists neither so grave nor so fresh, it would be tempting to look at the seven men indicted on conspiracy charges for plotting to blow up the Sears Tower and laugh. Not so much at the suspects--five American citizens, a legal immigrant from Haiti and an illegal Haitian national, all of whose hardscrabble bios make them seem more sad than sinister--but at those who considered them a real threat to wage, as Attorney General Alberto Gonzales put it, "a full ground war against the United States." FBI deputy director John Pistole conceded that...
Spending time on the road invariably means eating at hotels and restaurants?but if you're bored of being waited on, why not put together a picnic and head out to a park or scenic spot? You'll catch a slice of everyday life and a breath of fresh air along with your lunch. Many hotels will organize a packed meal for you, but assuming you have the time it's much more fun to head to a bustling food hall and browse unfamiliar delicacies for yourself. In fact, some of the more elaborate food stores, like those listed here...
...HONG KONG Located in the basement of Hong Kong's swanky Pacific Place mall, the Great food hall, tel: (852) 2918 9986, overflows with gourmet comestibles, stocking around 46,000 products from exquisite smoked salmon and marinated olives to fresh oysters. But it's the non-Western delights that are Great's real points of difference, with the store boasting very wide Japanese, Korean and kosher selections alongside the Italian, German or French fare. Choose your sashimi or sushi, get some kimchi on the side, and then head over to nearby Hong Kong Park for Asian alfresco dining...
...food hall, La Grande Epicerie, tel: (33-1) 4439 8100. This is the place to procure everything from Alsatian foie gras and p?t?s to Breton sea salt and artisanal honey from Provence. Grab a top vintage or exotic aperitif in the wine-and-liqueur department, then head to the fresh-produce section for your pick of the juiciest Charentais melons, gourmet cheeses (200 types) and much more...