Word: omelet
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Full from a monstrous and ridiculously inexpensive plate of omurice—which is, more or less, an omelet stuffed with rice—I can’t help but smile as T-Pain’s “Get Low” blasts from the Western-themed sports bar across the street from my apartment. Sitting in a sticky, hot room listening to music a few months past its prime, I might as well be at a Harvard dorm party...
...piled on your plate. So giant servings are a win-win: you pay a little extra for a lot more food, and the restaurant makes extra profit. It's the same rule that created tubs of movie popcorn, venti-size coffee cups and Burger King's Meat'normous Omelet Sandwich. It's why no restaurant will ever give you a reasonably sized stack of pancakes...
DIED. Ahmet Ertegun, 83, singularly influential music mogul who in 1947 founded Atlantic Records, the label that launched seminal acts that included Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, Otis Redding (who called him Omelet), Aretha Franklin, Bette Midler and Cream; in New York City. The Turkish-born son of a diplomat, he fell in love with jazz in his youth, and as a teenager amassed a collection of 15,000 records. A hands-on producer, occasional songwriter, tireless talent scout and mentor to many of his artists, Ertegun--who started with a $10,000 loan from his dentist--popularized soul and later...
...borrowed phrase every 10 pages constitute “literary identity theft”, as Tuesday’s statement from Random House alleges, few authors will escape whipping. With Chaucer and Boccaccio, Shakespeare and Holinshead, Robert Johnson and Skip James, why not Viswanathan and McCafferty? Any literary omelet worth its salt is likely to contain a few borrowed eggs...
...students wear rather than what the dining hall serves. Either way, HUDS did focus on the one thing that matters most: the food. All in the same brunch, HUDS seemed to add special touches to almost every regular breakfast item. The bagel and lox had flavored cream cheese; the omelets were made at a very prominent omelet bar where we could pick and choose our own ingredients; the waffles, now decorated with the ornate “Ve-ri-tas” crest, had special toppings; and the French toast had a special Bananas Foster sauce...