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...Dynasty and Falcon Crest are gone, swept away by a wave of proudly downscale fare, including Roseanne, The Simpsons and Married . . . with Children. Campy hobnobber Robin Leach of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous has been replaced in the hearts of viewers by chatty Jeff Smith of The Frugal Gourmet and nonaerobic carpenter Norm Abram of The New Yankee Workshop. Love stories, melodramas and family films have taken over Hollywood. Home Alone, Ghost and Pretty Woman, for example, collectively reaped more than $500 million in total revenues last year. Get set for an onslaught of films about people waking...
...Ahwahnee Hotel, guests book reservations a year in advance to watch the alpenglow off the majestic Half Dome from cozy rooms equipped with TVs and minibars. When not ice skating, skiing or hiking through the mountain slopes clad with ponderosa pines, visitors can patronize a pizza parlor, a gourmet deli, a one-hour photo service, an automatic bank teller and, of course, a gift shop full of coffee mugs and T shirts with the Yosemite logo...
Best Food on the Road Not so long ago, most U.S. hotel meals seemed designed to horrify any gourmet. But in 1990 the top-rated hotels in the first Zagat U.S. Travel Survey of more than 1,400 inns, resorts and spas all boasted superb cuisine as well as superluxury accommodations. So what if few but foreign tourists can afford them...
...what U.S. farmers denounce as a scourge, the Japanese have long prized as a source of nutrition: Japan consumes 1,500 tons of kudzu starch yearly as an ingredient in gourmet foods, beverages and herbal medicines. Now, attracted by the suitable land and climate in the South, the Japanese food-processing giant Sakae Bio has bought 165 acres in Lee County, Ala., to cultivate the plant. The locals are scratching their heads, but as one banker in the county puts it, "You have to assume they know what they are doing...
PROFILE: Filmmaker, junk-food gourmet and gee-whiz genius, David Lynch launches a new Twin Peaks season...