Word: granola
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...total lie. She wore blue-jeans and a T-shirt. But it’s all Victorian in her mind. “I live my life like I’m in a Jane Austen movie all the time,” Muharrar said casually as she mixed granola in with her yogurt. Asked if she had meant to say novel, she said, “No, movie. It’s all so sensationalized.” Three years ago, Elise M. Stefanik ’06 had never met Muharrar when one day she approached...
...oatmeal, the flush of “Free Tibet” bumper stickers plastering Volvos, and the sheer numerical freakishness of hemp “jewelry.”“Sweet Dorothy Parker!” I exclaimed. “Harvard’s full of Granolas!” In fact, it occurred to me that Granola may have been the fashion mantra of Cambridge since its inception. Heck, even the Puritans were Granola.For the uninitiated, or those who are not New England residents, the general characteristics of a Granola person are as follows...
...marked the first months of George W. Bush's second term as President-both parties seem zealously intent on ignoring the common good-I've been thinking about a fellow I used to know, a marketing whiz named Jim Matson. Jim invented Heartland Natural Cereal, the first mass-market granola, which came in a sepia-toned box. It was a brilliant response to growing public nostalgia and a desire for "natural" products in the 1970s. His favorite pastime was to walk down a supermarket aisle sensing the products that weren't there. No doubt, if Jim took a stroll through...
Popcorn and candy bars may have had their day as America's favorite movie snacks. Looking to food concessions for as much as 30% of their revenue, theater owners are introducing more elaborate temptations. Even stylish staples, such as granola bars and premium ice creams, may give way to still more ambitious fare. In the San Francisco area, some theaters now offer beef- or vegetable-filled Russian piroshki and the fruit-filled Jewish pastries, hamantaschen. The ultimate munch may be at the New Varsity theater in Palo Alto, where pizzas, pastas and fancy burgers are dished up in a Spanish...
...them use practice tests to determine which snacks sustain them best. "It made a difference," says Jan Evans, whose son Walker was coached by Johnson two years ago. Though he ran out of steam during a practice test when he had eaten beef jerky, Walker fared better on the granola bars and bananas that Johnson recommended. "He was surprised he wasn't burned out," says Evans, who was impressed by her son's subsequent attention to nutritional prep. "He would lay out the food the night before so that he had everything ready. This is preparing for a test...