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...than their California counterparts but have a less distinct true orange flavor. Although McGee describes how eggs are washed during the process of being prepared for market, he does not add that the practice is prohibited in European Community countries because it removes the protective bloom, a film the hen deposits on the shell. McGee also gives scant coverage to vegetables, fruits, herbs and nuts, a shortcoming he acknowledges, calling them token entries, included to impart a sense of completeness to the work...
...wondrous bestiary tended by young Taran and his winsome would-be princess Eilonwy. The menagerie includes Hen Wen, the clairvoyant pig, whose bottom is rounder and wigglier than Madonna's; Gurgi, whose species is unknown, but who is definitely cute, cuddly and comical; the Fairfolk, minuscule fairy creatures who come and go in clouds of Disneydust; and the three witches, who are more funny than frightening. Leading the forces of evil is the Horned King. His body is skeletal, his voice sepulchral, and his eyes glow red like coals. His aide-de-camp is a little green horror known appropriately...
...Reagan become more a part of the presidency in these past couple of weeks? A. No. But Nancy is a mother hen. Let something happen to one of the family and they become the chick. Being a surgeon's daughter, she is very insistent that no one's going to overwork me. And that includes me, because she knows that I tend to take such things a little lightly. I think she reached her high point this morning. You know, she's on her way to Denison University for a program on drugs. She'll be back today...
...home goodies in the store. The restaurant serves up flavorful cuisine, mostly to locals but also to a few intense food hounds who have somehow heard of Rovera. Everything served is grown, produced or foraged (as with the truffles) by the members of her cooperative. Rovera is also mother hen to many local organic-wine producers who are not well known but top-notch. Ask her to set up some visits...
...Paris after the Cambodian National Assembly stripped him and two other M.P.s of parliamentary immunity. Rainsy, who is charged with defaming senior government figures, said he would return once he received details of the allegations against him. MEANWHILE IN CHINA ... Nothing to Crow About So much for the hen that lays the golden egg. The Chinese year of the chicken - which dawns this week - has brought hard times for vendors of the nation's New Year toy mascots. 2004's year of the monkey saw huge demand for toy simians. But surplus plastic roosters and terry-cloth chicks are still...