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...perhaps American food has become Japanese. Undoubtedly the greatest effect Japanese food has had on American cuisine is to ease its reliance on fat as a taste booster. So it's ironic that the Japanese influence came to the U.S. by way of France, home of butter and foie gras. It all began around the '60s, when Japanese students at the great French cooking schools divulged their own trade secrets. Soon Parisian chefs had adopted such Japanese techniques as arranging food artfully in tiny portions. "The minimalism and simplicity, the sophistication of presentation appealed to chefs in three-star restaurants...
Chefs say one key reason to poach is the healthfulness of Japanese cuisine. Homing in on Americans' increasing attention to their bodies, restaurateur Nieporent tapped Michel Nischan to create a menu for his swanky Heartbeat restaurant in the W Hotel using no butter, cream or foie gras. "I was nervous," Nischan says. "Without those ingredients, people presume food won't taste good...
...Foforo Fo Firi” is reminiscent of the best Afro-Cuban tunes, “Brother Running/Brother Gettin’ Caught” speaks the language of the post-Marsalis jazz combo. “New Second Line” captures the joy of Mardi Gras, with all the swagger and raucousness of a Fat Tuesday parade. The sweet simple statement of Tom Jobim’s bossa “Corcovado” is a welcome cool-down midway through an otherwise frolicking album...
...questions of sociology and communication than it does when it dares to think outside generally contemplated field areas and arrives at compelling conclusions. The protagonist’s lecture about the flashing-for-beads “microeconomy” that arises in New Orleans during Mardi Gras is one of the more skewed examples, and his disquisition on the shape of the universe provides a surprising amount of interesting information to those of us who have never taken an astronomy course. And he gives what could have become a tired “is my waking life...
...February In a month chock-full of competing tributes such as Black History Month, Groundhog Day, Presidents Day and Mardi Gras, Valentine's Day romance dominates with signature hearts alongside red, pink, white and black lace. Find savings on housewares, fabric and seeds for the garden...