Word: ostrichism
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...International Festival and the Fringe provide show running times to make it easier to plan your schedule. The larger venues have bars and restaurants, but expect some waiting even at Edinburgh's seemingly limitless supply of places to eat and drink. Cafes offer everything from South African smoked ostrich to fish and chips, often to go, and the main street is lined with parks for alfresco dining...
...demographic profile. Begin your culinary tour with the food of the Dutch settlers, who perfected the art of preserving beef during their long trek into the veld. Locals still love to chew on biltong (jerky) or dry wors (preserved sausage), often made from game animals such as kudu or ostrich. And no braai (barbecue) would be complete without generous coils of spicy boerewors (farmer's sausages). The importation of indentured servants from Indonesia and Malaysia in the 17th century led to the development of a distinctive Cape Malay cuisine, which mixes European pastries and meats with Asian spices, curries...
...Europe erupted in war, real life roused Ted from his verdant and productive dreamlife: "I found that I could no longer keep my mind on drawing pictures of Horton the Elephant. I found myself drawing pictures of Lindbergh the Ostrich." Annoyed by the controversial air hero Charles Lindbergh and the blinkered isolationism he was seductively selling to America, Geisel became the editorial cartoonist for PM, the left-wing New York City newspaper. "The New Yorker dismissed us as 'a bunch of young fogies,' " Ted later wrote. "I think we were a bunch of honest but slightly cockeyed crusaders...
...Geisel PM cartoons that Cohen reproduces enlist the Seuss menagerie in a dirty holy war. One panel has both a Hortonish elephant ("G.O.P.") and an "isolation ostrich: smiling indulgently at their "baby" - a squalling hybrid label a "GOPstrich" - as the elephant says, "He's a noisy little-so-and-so, but, sweetheart, he's all ours!" A serpent with swastikas snakes across the Atlantic while a figure marked Lindbergh pats its head, declaring, "'Tis Roosevelt, Not Hitler, that the World Should Really Fear." Seuss' mascot for America, an eagle with an Uncle Sam beard and striped top hat, sits...
...plates at such acclaimed restaurants as Gramercy Tavern and Chez Panisse, has started selling steak jerky for $29 per 9 oz. in the Williams-Sonoma catalog this fall. If your palate demands something more exotic, try game jerky by Covered Wagon Jerky in Derby, Kans. It offers wild boar, ostrich, pheasant and outback-kangaroo jerkies. --By Kristin Kloberdanz