Word: gourmet
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prosperity. The pace of reconstruction has been stunningly rapid. Essential services have been resumed; most government buildings have been repaired; ports have reopened. The debris-and-body-choked "Highway of Death" leading north toward Iraq has been cleared and opened to civilian traffic. Supermarket shelves are restocked with imported gourmet delicacies, and shops sell the latest fashions...
...year's best new gourmet trend, and its most renowned pioneer was Los Angeles' superstar chef, Wolfgang Puck. Pacific Rim cuisine--more for dining out than cooking in -- features American, chiefly Californian, staples subtly accented by Oriental herbs and spices such as lemongrass or ginger. The result: dishes that have a Western look but an Eastern aura, like shrimp and papaya salad with Thai peanut dressing...
...Gourmet magazine's sugar-cookie recipe. In its July issue, the magazine mistakenly substituted oil of wintergreen, which in substantial doses can cause nausea and vomiting, for nontoxic wintergreen extract. Gourmet hastily mailed a warning notice and correction to subscribers; no casualties were reported...
...year's best new gourmet trend, and its most renowned pioneer was Los Angeles' superstar chef, Wolfgang Puck. Pacific Rim cuisine--more for dining out than cooking in -- features American, chiefly Californian, staples subtly accented by Oriental herbs and spices such as lemongrass or ginger. The result: dishes that have a Western look but an Eastern aura, like shrimp and papaya salad with Thai peanut dressing...
...power meals. The plates, sprouting salad greens, look conventional at first, but in fact, the fare is novel: a combination of the vaunted California cuisine (roughage) and subtler accents from Asia -- tuna and salmon tartare, lemongrass, ginger. Called Cal-Asian cuisine or Pacific Rim cookery, it is the latest gourmet buzz...