Word: herbe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...NATO cluster-bomb attack. The bombs had missed the intended target, a welding factory, Serbian officials said, and hit an adjacent Albanian village, destroying 10 homes and injuring seven people. That did appear to be the case; the distinctive craters left by cluster bombs marked a vegetable and herb garden, releasing an incongruous aroma of onions and chives amid the debris. Roofs were shattered, and one bomb had landed in the center of a family's living room. Why bomb here...
...this triple-distilled double-filtered spirit contains an aphrodisiac Burmese herb called Catcheu (ka-CHOO) that imbues the liquid with seductive mystery and turns it an opaque black...
...this triple-distilled double-filtered spirit contains an aphrodisiac Burmese herb called Catcheu (ka-CHOO) that imbues the liquid with seductive mystery and turns it an opaque black...
...flavor-charged concoction of roasted pears wrapped in smoky proscuitto packages resting on a gorgonzola cream sauce. From the permanent menu, steamed mussels with peppercorns arrive tender and pink, nestled in a delicate white wine broth. Lamb carpaccio, an unlikely but delicious variation on the more traditional beef, is herb-scented, sliced meltingly thin and drizzled with a light and nutty olive oil. An entree special of duck breast stuffed with figs and walnuts and topped with a fruity wine-reduction sauce manages to successfully navigated the tightrope between savory and overwhelmingly rich. Sauteed spinach counteracts the succulent sweetness...
After 19 years on the job, Herb Schrayshuen, 44, an engineer at a public utility in upstate New York, thought he knew the drill: toil away for another 15 or 20 years, then drift off into a cozy retirement on the back of a nice, fat company pension. But last summer his employer threw a wrench into that plan. The utility converted the old-fashioned pension system, in which employees earn the bulk of benefits during their last few years, into a new cash-balance plan, in which they earn at a steadier rate throughout their careers. It sounded simple...