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...endangered-species list of edibles established by Slow Food, an organization dedicated to returning joy to the table by shunning mass-manufactured products and promoting food awareness. The Ark spotlights these endangered products, not so people will avoid them but rather so more will consume them. Already this gourmet prod to the marketplace has helped revive such delicacies as Bagoss cheese, made from the milk of brown Alpine cows, and Slovenian buckwheat. Starting this week, the Slow Food movement, which was launched in Italy and has 70,000 members in 35 countries, will swing through the States in an effort...
Also contributing to a sense of community is the newly renovated Goodrich Hall, which mixes a social space with a study area. The gourmet coffee bar helps students deal--albeit artificially--with their procrastination habits, and is open all night. Sawyer Library is open, but discourages procrastination by closing at 1 a.m. The always-busy Snack Bar is nice for a study break, especially if you've been holed up in the library...
Also contributing to a sense of community is the newly renovated Goodrich Hall, which mixes a social space with a study area. The gourmet coffee bar helps students deal - albeit artificially - with their procrastination habits, and is open all night. Sawyer Library is open, of course, but tries to discourage procrastination by closing at 1 a.m. The always-busy Snack Bar is a good place for a study break, especially if you've been holed up in the library all day. Lack of social interaction leads to insanity. And no, insane people don't know they're insane...
...millennium came early to Warren, Mich.--in 1995, to be exact. When customers at the Produce Palace, a gourmet grocery store, started using credit cards with expiration dates ending in "00," the computer system went to Y2K hell. Technicians spent hours trying to fix the 11 cash registers, while disgusted shoppers walked out. The owners wanted the system replaced, but even after at least 200 service calls, the firm that sold it balked. The Produce Palace ended up filing what may be the nation's first Y2K lawsuit, which it eventually settled...
With a sacrilegious name and Irish boozing game, this Grafton Street cousin lounges on the Mass Ave. strip between Starbucks and Porter, luring Quadlings with gourmet Chicken Lamesa Pizza ($11.95) and chocolate Stoli martinis...