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...sought elsewhere. And as we can't change the genes we are born with, we are left with one alternative--to change the environment that our genes have proved so ill equipped to handle. We, the species that invented barbecuing, that domesticated corn and wheat and that created foie gras and French fries, have powered through a series of food revolutions, says Oxford University historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto in his recently published book, Near a Thousand Tables (The Free Press). The purpose of the next revolution, he predicts, will be to undo the excesses of the last...
...Peter Jones in London are feasting on warm squid and green chilli salad. At Selfridges one can tuck into a plate of salmon ravioli at the Premier restaurant, which has a view over bustling Oxford Street. At Harrods, the clientele in the Georgian Restaurant is nibbling terrine of foie gras with cèpes, fillet of red mullet and wild game pudding whipped up by a chef who used to work at London's The Ivy. Even the most discerning Parisian diners have been reserving tables at Le Chênevert, Galeries Lafayette's chic venue that opened last September...
...writing nomination while "Six Feet Under," weirdly, got none. And it turns out we critics got it all wrong: NBC's funny-for-the-wrong-reasons chefcom "Emeril" got an Emmy nomination (Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series). Someone must have slipped the judges a little foie gras with their screener tapes...
Until STEVE FOSSETT, a hot-air-balloon ride seemed like a serene activity for surveying pastoral landscapes, best undertaken with foie gras and a fine wine. But the Chicago millionaire has turned ballooning into an endurance sport requiring deprivation and a ground crew. Since 1998, the adventurer has tried to complete the first solo circumnavigation of the globe by balloon. After five attempts--most of which ended abruptly in large bodies of water--he made it. But by staying far south, he shortened what would have been a nearly 25,000-mile journey at the equator to 19,428 miles...
...Omen Delegates at the UN World Food Summit, dedicated to fighting global hunger, ate an opening-day lunch of foie gras, lobster and goose stuffed with olives...