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Although there is some argument as to the best name, there seems to be complete agreement that the most successfully innovative practitioner of the new cooking is Joel Robuchon, 40, the chef and proprietor of Jamin, in Paris' elegant 16th arrondissement. The dimpled, diffident Robuchon astounded the French food hierarchy (and himself) in 1984 when he won the coveted three-star rating from the Guide Michelin only three years after he bought the . restaurant. Not even the two stars he had previously earned as chef at the Nikko hotel in Paris prepared him for gaining Michelin's top rating...
Young though it is, cuisine moderne has already collected its share of delectable cliches, most notably ravioli filled with shellfish and anything steamed in a packet of cabbage. At Jamin, the seductive interpretation is ravioli with langoustine on melting leaves of cabbage. Although always immaculately cooked, Robuchon's creations are occasionally a bit too bland. ! Examples are his celebrated fillet of lamb in a salt crust and the chicken poached in a pig's bladder that puffs up like a jolly balloon. Because he finds the quality of French beef and veal inconsistent, he does not serve them...
...might be expected, reservations at Jamin should be made at least six to eight weeks in advance. Like many proprietors of popular Paris restaurants, Robuchon tries for a balance between French and foreign customers, roughly a fifty-fifty split. "Nobody likes to be in a 'tourist' restaurant," he explains. What nobody seems to mind is the $30 to $90 check for dinner, which includes food and service but not wine...
...strategy at Harvard is to build a popular strategy so strong that even the greatest champion of non-divestiture-Derek Bok-can't resist it," said Jamin B. Raskin '83, a first-year law student on the Law School Divestment Committee...
...your report of Saturday April 6 on the Encampment for Divestiture, you misquoted Jamin B. Raskin '83, IL. You quoted Jamie as saying, "[President Bok] has decided that the dialogue is over and that's in keeping with his character." Jamie did not say that. What he did say was that "[President Bok] has decided that the dialogue is over, and that's in keeping with the character of his position...