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...that Chicago--a seemingly indestructible show-biz property--has become a vibrant film. The tale--based on the crimes of a couple of real-life celebrity murderesses in the 1920s--was first fictionalized in a 1926 Broadway play, which became a silent movie in 1927, then a film starring Ginger Rogers in 1942. The current Broadway revival of the musical recently celebrated its 2,500th performance. This new big-screen version of Chicago restores the old routine of hit Broadway musicals becoming Hollywood movies. In recent years Broadway has taken from Hollywood without giving back, turning movies like The Producers...
WELL FARE Chef Chris Salans of Mozaic restaurant in Ubud, Bali's cultural heart, is happy to share the secrets behind his recipes to any one who asks. "The garnish on the seared tuna? Raw shallots and ginger flowers marinated with lime leaf." But when asked about the secret to his current success?his elegant restaurant has been booked full more often than not in the six weeks following the bombing?he is less forthcoming. Most tourists still traveling to Bali are bypassing the more crowded and commercial haunts?except for Ubud's. But to not give the wrong impression...
...Laundry restaurant in California, closed off the garden seating section of his year-old eatery, due as much to the decreased number of visitors as to the start of the rainy season. Instead, guests dine on a breezy verandah overlooking a lush forest of banana trees, palms, orchids and ginger flowers. Ceiling fans and geckos on the hunt lend an equatorial air, but the fine linens, crystal stemware and impeccable service could be straight out of a Michelin-starred Parisian gem. The six-course tasting menu ($26)?starting with a delicate amuse bouche of parmesan and rosemary, and ending with...
...dessert, you must order the Flourless Chocolate Torte ($5.50), spiced with cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, pepper, saffron, nutmeg and star anise, and accompanied by rich Valrhona chocolate sauce and dried fruit compote. The Crème Brulée ($5.50) is less enticing, too eggy, and not as creamy as it should be, with an incorrect proportion of custard to bruleed sugar. A dense thimbleful of Turkish Coffee ($2.00), afloat with whole pods of green cardamom, is a fine end to the meal...
...most famous now as the beverage of the Vikings and their pantheon; in Valhalla, the Viking heaven, newcomers were welcomed with generous chalices full of mead. Dodd’s version is an uncarbonated drink made from molasses and mixed—more accurately, chased—with ginger ale and lemon juice. He brought two kinds of mead to the competition. Why mead? “I wanted to diversify from the vodka and whiskey,” Dodd explains from underneath his cowboy hat, also noting that whiskey takes years to age properly, while his meads take closer...