Word: goat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That was in 1937. Since then, this country has begun to look beyond Fannie Farmer and meatloaf; cook books and gourmet shops have proliferated; chefs are in great demand. At its worst, this trend has spawned yuppie cuisine and a surfeit of goat cheese, but despite these excesses there is something to be said for eating well. And much has been said, particularly by Fisher, by California chef Alice Waters, and by my personal idol Julia Child--each of whom is paid tribute in Joan Reardon's recent book, M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures...
...people Cohen, a Dallas native, meets, I began to doubt O'Connor's wisdom. We get a sample of graffiti "art" from a bad poet named Dirk. We get a someone named Dale's take on the AIDS epidemic, "Basically, its a combination of a virus from a goat and a cow that creates the HIV virus." We get Suzanne, a Vaiden, Mississippi native, speaking on impending apocalypse: "I haven't seen any signs of the Antichrist. But it's kind of scary 'cause everything that happens in Revelations is happening right now. Like you can't tell the difference...
...rhetoric and a little voodoo. His two-car convoy heads for the hamlet of Montrouis, where he stops for cola drinks and conch while shaking the hands of awed peasants. In the town of St. Marc he promises an electrification project, then tucks into a helping of fried goat. Later he rants to farmers about Haiti's exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and promises that FRAPH will poison the water supply of any U.S. invaders. "Down with Aristide!" the farmers cheer. "FRAPH forever...
Then, suddenly, it's over. Fried goat is served, and the crowd chants in Creole, "Toto for President! Without Toto, Haiti can't have a life!" As the last cheer fades, Constant heads off into the night. It is the end of another day on the campaign trail...
Another thing that made me sit up and take notice was the incredible energy of lead singer Goat, who at one point jumped off the stage to bump and grind with some of the girls dancing up front...