Word: onion
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that is what photography is up to, then the onion of the world is being peeled away, layer by layer -- lenses like black holes gobbling up life's emanations. Mere images proliferate, while history pares down to a phosphorescence of itself...
...help anxious cooks, the USDA and other Government agencies have toll-free hot lines for consumer questions. Some requests are a bit exotic. "Did we really have to throw out the whole roast just because my daughter-in-law mistook a daffodil bulb for an onion and sliced it over the meat?" asked a worried caller. Yes, replied the hot line, the bulbs are toxic to humans. Other questions indicate a lot of basic ground needs covering. Two samples: "Can spaghetti sauce left open on the counter for three days hurt me?" and "Is it O.K. to eat groceries that...
...those who still shy from one of the world's finer pleasures (besides Grey Poupon mustard), Chicago Frank's also presents a wide lineup of other meals. Besides hot dogs, Lamberti and Gianchristiano also serve up hamburgers, various sausages, roast beef, chili, clam chowder, onion rings, and fried dough. These, unfortunately, were not up to par--it's obvious that Chicago Frank's is meant to do one thing, cook hot dogs, and nothing else...
Those who have had their fill of the light and the lean may be ready for the solid fare of the Balkans. The Balkan Cookbook by Radojko Mrljes (Hippocrene; $24.95) is aglow with the juicy, garlic-perfumed grilled meats, winter-warm soups and aromatic oregano- and onion-flavored stews. From Greece, Turkey, Rumania, Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria come such delights as baked corn bread with pungent Serbian cheese, seductively oily stuffed vegetable dolmas and appetizers enriched with the region's classic mixture of dill, cucumber and yogurt...
Topped by green, onion-domed cupolas, the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral overlooks the center of Tallinn, a reminder of Estonia's two centuries of domination by the Russian Czars. Last week a crowd of more than 1,000 gathered at the church portico to demonstrate support for the Estonian supreme soviet, or parliament, as it joined in a battle of wills with Moscow. Near the cathedral steps, an elderly woman clutched a pennant of blue, black and white, the colors of the long-banned Estonian flag. Students in blue and crimson visored caps unfurled banners. NO TO COLONIAL LAWS read...