Word: gourmand
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...fall of her junior year at Harvard, Ahn discovered her inner gourmand by joining the Dunster House Culinary Team, a group of students that prepares food for events hosted by Dunster House Masters Roger and Ann Porter. Ann Porter describes Ahn as “a little dynamo in the kitchen. She’s everywhere.” This year Ahn was one of the leaders of the Culinary Team, often spending as many as twenty hours a week in the kitchen. This consuming extracurricular is put to productive use—to the reluctant pleasure of her parents?...
Unless you're a shark gourmand, the disappearance of such lethal beasts might not seem like a bad thing. For marine life, however, it could be a disaster. Despite their ferocity, sharks ensure a kind of order in the oceans. Sitting at the top of the food chain, they keep other large predators in check, regulating who gets to eat whom and who gets to survive and thrive. Want to preview an ocean after the sharks have gone? Picture Yugoslavia after the Soviets: a bloodbath. "We know from studying lakes that top predators have disproportionate effects on their ecosystems," says...
Arab Aroma is entering its sixth edition - two Catalan, four Spanish - with sales pushing 20,000, according to its publisher. Negotiations are underway for versions in English, Italian and French. The Spanish edition was named best foreign cuisine book at the 2000 Salon de Livre Gourmand in Périgueux, France...
...noon on Saturday our local gourmand comes around to guide us to lunch. Xiao Gugu ushers us into an inconspicuous little dive, explaining that when Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian wants to treat foreign dignitaries to authentic local dishes, he brings them to this charming place?the Lian Hsin Yuan Vegetarian Restaurant on Hsinsheng North Road; call (886-2) 2560-1950 for reservations. Xiao Gugu orders a flurry of dishes. First out is xueyu (snow jade) doufu, a two-tone brick of bean curd, green on top, white on the bottom. The top "jade" layer gets its color from...
...Secret, a bored sensualist embarks on an experiment in cross-dressing until his secret is uncovered by a former lover who has a secret of her own. The Gourmet Club, the short story of the book's title, is the hidden haven of a gourmand who concocts exotic dishes out of ingredients such as tree bark, bird droppings and human saliva for a menu that might feature "Phlegm-and-Spittle Liquid Jade" or "Velvet Carpeting Soup." Mr. Bluemound represents the epitome of extreme movie goddess worship: a smitten fan constructs a series of actual physical replicates of the star...