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...Kashmir or Gujarat. The vast majority of Hindus consider themselves vegetarians; but it's the meat-heavy menus of the mainly Muslim Punjabis that are widely considered the apex of Indian cookery. Thus, most Indian restaurants offer tandoori chicken, lamb tikka and butter chicken?a popular curry?along with nan, lentil dishes and cottage cheese preparations for vegetarians. It's not a sophisticated menu, but it's tasty and satisfying?and that's the template the new breed of restaurateurs is trying to break. Here is a roundup of our favorites...
...Democratic incumbent in the Florida House race, Nan Rich, said the mistake demonstrated a lack of “truth and integrity...
...general rises every day at 4:30 a.m. to say her prayers; then she sweeps the floors, has a breakfast of nan bread or green tea and gets ready for work. She leaves for work at 8:30 a.m., always immaculately turned out--lipstick and eyeliner carefully applied, tie knotted perfectly on her olive drab shirt, hair pulled up and arranged under her maroon beret. Inside her black army boots, her toenails are painted a glossy red. But Khatol, a Pashtun, still chooses to wear her burqa while shopping, so she will not be overcharged in the bazaar. "The burqa...
...NAN No. 1 is at an address in the hills above Pasadena. I take five freeways, three major thoroughfares and a spiderweb of smaller and smaller streets to get there. But I never do, because the turnoff listed on my map as Country Lane--two turns from my destination in a cul-de-sac--is plastered with signs reading PRIVATE DRIVE DO NOT ENTER NO TRESPASSING ARMED RESPONSE. I seem to be about half a mile from my goal, well beyond the range of a wireless-access point, and--communitarian spirit notwithstanding--I am not feeling encouraged...
...days later, I get an e-mail from Frank Keeney, who operates NAN No. 2. He asks if I was able to find it. Nope, I write back. He sends a reply that says a lot about the state of Wi-Fi today: "If you'd gone about 100 feet down the road, you would have...