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...charms the eye with color, Robuchon lights up the palate with seasonings. His best dish, canette rosee (roasted and then braised duckling) is spiced with a Chinese-style dip of salt, star anise, cinnamon, ginger, coriander and nutmeg. Other revelations in flavor contrasts were the diced kidneys and sweetbreads sauteed with earthy mushrooms and the high-styled version of tete de cochon (pig's head), here with the meat boned, diced and pungent with parsley, shallots, ginger, coriander and lemon. The accompanying mashed potatoes have inspired critics to wax eloquent...
...those little plastic dishes that sport a mixed concoction of fabulous flavors and chewy, nutty, crunchy bits. Moreover, most of the ice cream stores sport a wide variety of flavors that you won't find in most parts of the nation. For example, flavors ranging from cantalope to ginger snap to Snickers are not unusual. It might sound a bit strange at first, but just about everyone takes to the new flavors instantly. The real problem is not getting someone to try them, but rather to keep yourself from constantly dishing out the $1.15 or so for a small cone...
Like few other Hollywood directors, this one embraced multitudes: Gunga Din and James Dean, Cary Grant and Anne Frank. Exploiting the movies' passion for teamwork, he wrote gags for Laurel and Hardy, struck the first sparks for Tracy and Hepburn, directed Fred and Ginger in their most sublime pas de deux (Never Gonna Dance, from Swing Time). And yet, in Alice Adams, A Place in the Sun and Giant, he displayed an affinity for ambitious outsiders with their noses pressed against the frosted window of the American dream. Maddeningly meticulous, he could earn a laugh by simply waiting...
...Like all first- generation immigrants, they fear that their children will lose the old culture. They ask questions in their native language and their children reply in English. In Orange County, Calif., where some 90,000 Vietnamese live, the parents run shops selling jewelry and herbs, ginseng and pickled ginger. They worry that their children are wearing punk hairdos and staying out at night. They send packages of food to their families in Ho Chi Minh City. They think about the past...
Actually, Store 24 doesn't stock two liter bottles of the sodas that they carry in one liter sizes, and vice-versa Therefore, aficionados of ginger ale, which is only available in one-liter containers, must pay a higher price for half as much of their favorite beverage as dedicated Coke drinkers...