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...Most of Sakhalin's other eateries feature white plastic chairs and Formica tabletops. Russian Kitchen offers a softly lit interior accented with ornate Russian trim. Traditional copper cooking implements, paintings and woodwork adorn the walls; the overall impression is that of a Russian country inn where the landed gentry would gather. What truly sets it apart, however, is its food. Sure, all the standard Russian favorites?caviar, borscht, chicken kiev?are available. But the signature dishes spring from Sakhalin's abundant bounty of fresh seafood, game, fruits and vegetables. Start with an appetizer of scallops bathed in a mustard sauce...
While they were here, all the Houses (except Eliot) passed rules allowing females to be “entertained” in the common rooms until 11 p.m.—provided the chandeliers stayed well-lit and standards of decency were maintained...
...That shouldn't be a problem in the first round. Croatia, whose technique and style lit up France '98, is an aging team, and it has already lost one star in Igor Tudor. But even Croatia's second best should be enough to topple Mexico and tourist-class Ecuador, ensuring that it advances along with Italy...
Ever since Jung Chang's Wild Swans became a global publishing sensation, booksellers have decided that the Beautiful Chinese Literary Heroine is a golden goose. I don't know if there's an official literary term for this genre yet, but let's call it Chinese Chick Lit. If you look at books like Adeline Yen Mah's Falling Leaves and Anhua Gao's To the Edge of the Sky, you'll find a basic formula: a feisty, exotically gorgeous woman suffers hell. Hell comes in the form of an oppressive regime (usually the Cultural Revolution) or through abuse inflicted...
...publishers have promoted Wild Ginger as a great literary novel. One prerequisite of such a novel should be originality. Unfortunately, if you're familiar with the basic elements of Chinese Chick Lit, you already know these characters and have seen these plot twists before. On the rare occasion where Min tries to be innovative?such as a sex scene where the characters make love while reciting Maoist quotations?it just comes off seeming weird. If you like clichEd Chinese heroines and a hackneyed love story, all set against the now-too-familiar backdrop of the Cultural Revolution, this...