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...part personal narrative, it reflects the allegiances of its author, Stéphane Reynaud, a self-taught chef who was born into the meat business. "I love the pig and like the pork," he writes. While his musings about pigs are affectionate, Reynaud, 40, avoids sentimentality by refusing to gloss over the animal's journey from pen to plate. Instead he makes a feature of it, opening the book with a chapter titled "Pig-Killing Time at Saint-Agrève" (his mountain hometown in the Ardèche region of France) that is a frank, celebratory portrayal...
...guess what? Even after all those stunning developments, we still have the whole month of March to gloss over exhibition game box scores, needlessly fret about fifth starters - and, let's be honest, itch for opening day to mercifully arrive...
...possible Jolie was using her clothes to express a hint of conscience on the red carpet? While the very notion may still be a bit of a shock to the fashion world, it is just the gloss on the very surface of a trend that promises to infiltrate all levels of consumerism and design, one that analysts say is a wave of the future to the tune of billions and billions of dollars...
...listeners of the new album get “The Carpal Tunnel of Love.” Even before you break open the shrink wrap, it feels like Fall Out Boy just isn’t trying. It’s unfortunate, since the record displays the same high-gloss, meat-and-potatoes instrumentalism of FOB’s other work. Guitarists Ryan Ross and Chad Gilbert still treat the palm mute like a magic trick, and vocalists Patrick Stump and Pete Wentz wield the same saccharine croon. Granted, the disc is stuffed with studio effects...
...fill a given space, music you could immerse yourself in or just as easily ignore. Along the way, of course, he's also been a superstar collaborator and producer, helping create career-high albums for the likes of David Bowie, Talking Heads and U2 right through to the high-gloss finish he applied to Paul Simon's angsty Surprise this year. But here and now Eno doesn't want to talk about music - he visibly slumps at the mention. "It's just not the art around which culture is centered right now," he says. Is there one? "Well...