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...only 60. Bocuse, his wife and his daughter are apt to greet guests at the door. In the fireplace, chickens revolve on a spit. Individual dishes may be relatively simple, but Bocuse assembles a meal of awesome proportions and exquisite quality. TIME's Steven Englund recently sampled a luncheon that was spiced with Bocuse's commentary. It began with sausage in a brioche ("You really have to eat sausage when you come to Lyon") and continued with pâté de foie gras that had been made the same morning. Next came the shrimp soup ("Escoffier would...
Ebert spoke at a luncheon sponsored by the Med School to attract financial support for the Roxbury Medical Technical Institute (RMTI), an educational and social service organization...
...most bachelors have learned, a luncheon invitation to a bright, attractive female often meets with a wary rebuff. To improve the odds for success, a group of men who claim to be the "cream of the crop" of San Francisco bachelors have banded together to attract good-looking lunch dates. They call their organization the Tuesday Downtown Operators and Observers, and they pursue their goals and girls with such single-minded fervor that the club has become something of a city institution...
...started in 1949, when Linn Alexander, who then worked for IBM, ignored the fact that his regular Tuesday luncheon with two old friends was a strictly stag affair. He made a date with one of San Francisco's prettiest and brought her along. Her company proved so pleasurable that the trio decided to dump their all-male tradition; the TDOs (as the members call themselves) were born on the spot...
...indeed. Many of the former TDOs have ended up marrying one of their luncheon guests...