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...beef a year, and the average European puts away 40 lbs. (18 kg). Yet in taste terms, little of the 66 million tons of beef produced annually is worth the cholesterol it contains. All too often, unwitting consumers splurge on a steak dinner and end up with shoe leather. Thanks to anti-BSE measures and rising feed prices, most cattle are slaughtered at less than 30 months; they're too young and too crowded in feedlots to develop profound beef flavor. Too many consumers have been led to believe that bright red, moist, plastic-wrapped meat will yield a succulent...
...personal style with the spirit of the Lowell House community. On Friday, when the House celebrated the retirement of its longtime building manager, the masters presented Coveney with a gift to commemorate his presence. The gift from House Masters Diana L. Eck and Dorothy A. Austin was a black leather motorcycle jacket embroidered with the Lowell insignia. Coveney, an avid motorcyclist, donned the jacket over a Harley-Davidson shirt as the party came to a close. The present was emblematic of the personal flair noted by Coveney’s colleagues. “He brought a certain style...
...aspiring epicureans practiced seeing, swirling, sniffing, sipping, and savoring wines as part of Harvard Student Agencies’ (HSA) introductory wine-tasting course. Throughout the evening, five undergraduate attendees sampled 21 kinds of wine, describing them as having oak flavors, emitting whiffs of jalapeno peppers, containing hints of leather, and resembling Dr. Pepper. The four-hour course took place in Boylston Hall’s Ticknor Lounge. The tasting cost $125 for Harvard affiliates and $150 for non-affiliates, although group discounts were available. Participants received a $25 wine guide in addition to plenty of wine while listening...
Since its inception in 1707, Fortnum & Mason has become the premier department store of the British élite. A browse through its six-floor building on Piccadilly in London's West End shows why: there you can buy rose-petal jelly, a black leather Scrabble set or a $40,000 Christmas hamper containing a tin of beluga caviar and hand-engraved stationery - delivered by horse and carriage...
...first move was an invitation to steep ourselves in Kitcho's tradition. We were ushered into a European parlor and sat stiffly on the ornately carved green-leather chairs sipping ice-cold umeshu, a sweet plum cordial. A maid came to conduct us to our table, which was set in a private tatami room and big enough to seat 20. The vast, minimalist space was fit for a state dinner (in fact, the former Prime Minister had once stopped by for lunch). But if there were any other guests, we saw no sign of them. Our privacy was almost daunting...