Word: hostessing
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...confidently sat back in her chair as the flock of photographers swirled around, strobes flashing; Raisa Gorbachev perched anxiously forward at the edge of her seat. When the press was at last safely outside, the women engaged in a drawing-room version of their husbands' fireside summit discussions, the hostess serving a flavored beverage, Celestial Seasonings Almond Sunset tea ($1.69 for 24 bags), which she had carried along from the U.S. Raisa Gorbachev gamely claimed she enjoyed the tea. Later White House aides said that Nancy had found Raisa somewhat pedantic and inflexible...
...punch line: “Because he wanted to keep the flies out of the kitchen!” A shocked silence ensued. The hostess said: “You’re right, Dick, you shouldn’t have told that...
Miranda Richardson, the leading lady of Dance with a Stranger, is no relative of Joely's, but she handsomely fills her star-is-born role as Ruth Ellis, the London nightclub hostess who in 1955 murdered her boyfriend and became the last woman executed in Britain. Coiffed and coutured in the Marilyn Monroe fashion, Richardson shrieks her way through Ruth's sordid life with coloratura bravura. "I love you," murmurs David Blakely (Rupert Everett), a spoiled, sodden rich boy with a passion for racing cars and a taste for tarts. "Everybody does," Ruth shrugs. "Why should you be different...
...Brazier, the legendary cook and restaurant owner, is given no more affectionate regard than the simple lunch that provides the book's title. But when the spirit moves her, the author can drop nostalgia and pick up a skewer. A short piece entitled "Your Perfected Hostess" takes apart dishes that have become instant clichs, like vichyssoise and quiche. Of vichyssoise made with substitute ingredients, she writes, "Those people, however, who won't stoop to tinned soups but still want to be in the swim with their vichyssoise, have taken to using cucumber instead of leeks, and watercress or mint...
...cozy storefront sits unassumingly on Broadway in Arlington, but inside, the warm glow of colorful walls and bright paintings create a comforting South-of-the-border cocoon. Co-owner Armida Amor glides about from kitchen to table to front door like a benevolent hostess, anxious to make sure you’re having a good time...