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...never get to see the inside of Harvard Dinning Services' central kitchen located on JFK Street, but a small group of seniors are learning its ins and outs. For the first time, seniors have the opportunity to learn the basics of food preparation from an expert--executive Chef Michael Miller...
Materials for the course include Miller's own sourcebook, "Cooking for the Culinarily Challenged," as well as The Kitchen Survival Guide by Lora Brody. The texts share tips on how to unpack groceries and demystify the difference between baking and broiling...
...Miller agreed that choosing among different brands of food and picking out produce might be "unfamiliar territory" for many students. After sharing his own expertise, Miller brings in produce experts from Costa Produce, the company from which Harvard buys its fruits and vegetables, who share inside secrets on how to pick out fresh food...
Critics have carped about the play's sometimes pretentious language ("Nobody dast blame this man..."). But at its best Miller's dialogue was unmatched for its plainspoken eloquence and economy. Willy, the blusterer with big dreams for his sons, meets Bernard, the nerdy next-door neighbor, now grown up and about to argue a case before the Supreme Court--but possessing too much compassion for Willy to brag about it. Miller captured the essence of Willy's self-delusion and failure in a brief exchange charged with emotion, wit and character insight. Call that poetry...
...famous eulogy that closes the play is perhaps its cruelest joke. Despite Charley's attempt to ennoble him, Willy's downfall is unrelievedly bleak. (Hardly anyone even shows up at his funeral!) "My God, it's so sad," director Elia Kazan exclaimed to Miller after reading the play for the first time. "It's supposed to be sad," Miller replied. That it continues to fascinate us is testimony to Miller's ability to pack so much--heartbreaking family drama, an Ibsenian tragedy of illusions shattered, an indictment of American capitalism--into one beaten-down figure with a sample case. After...