Word: gourmet
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...place named "Low Fat-No Fat" Gourmet Cafe & Juice Bar (222 Arsenal St., Watertown; take #77A Bus to Watertown Square and walk down Arsenal St. for about a 10 min.; 923-7676; Monday to Thursday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) has any customers, the food must be pretty good. Former Harvard Dining Services Chef and three-time bodybuilding champion Christopher Pappas also lives up to his credentials, serving up a variety of healthy wraps, sandwiches and luncheon plates to make your mouth water and keep your body slim...
...Phoenix: Venturing to the Phoenix is like sampling the finest cuisine of Venice, Paris, and Kyoto all at once. The cultured atmosphere and fine dining cannot be matched by any other venue, as every Phoenix member is in training to become a gourmet chef. Though each member has a regional specialty, ideas flow as easily as the Pinot Grigio and fusion is the norm. It is not atypical to hear, "I'm trying a cilantro boeuf glazed with a light sherry and Napa Asparagus. Can you make sure that flank we selected is kosher?" The Phoenix does not accept reservations...
...Smithsonian canceled Foie Gras: A Gourmet's Passion last week after animal-rights activists--including John Gielgud and Bea Arthur--objected, saying the geese who provided the delicacy were force fed. Is it us, or have museums been easily spooked this year...
...geez!" groans Linda Oberdorfer, a delicate chocolate-and- almond cookie crumbling in her hands. Oberdorfer, manager of direct sales for magazine publisher Rodale Press in Emmaus, Pa., is running out of time. She's part of an eight-member sales group that is seconds away from diving into a gourmet meal of its own creation. The group is in the kitchen of the Team Cooking Group, brainchild of New York's Cooking by the Book cooking school and Take Charge Consultants of Downingtown, Pa. They are learning how to deal with limited resources and how to become more cross-functional...
FOOD FIGHT Roquefort cheese, truffles, chocolate bars, foie gras--the U.S. slapped 100% tariffs on these and other gourmet imports after Europe failed to lift its 10-year ban on American beef treated with growth hormones. The $116.8 million hit list, approved by the World Trade Organization, follows recent U.S. sanctions on items from coffee makers to cashmere over the E.U.'s discriminatory banana-import rules...