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...theory, it is not a great leap from the North American chili-tortilla parlor to the true provincial cuisine of Mexico. In fact, it would take years for the most diligent gringo to understand or annotate this peasant-rooted cuisine of peppers and cornmeal, arroz, barbacoa and relleno. Diana Kennedy, English by birth and Mexicana by persuasion, invested a large part of her life tasting and testing south of the border to produce The Cuisines of Mexico in 1972. She spent five more years researching the 1978 followup, Recipes from the Regional Cooks of Mexico (Harper & Row; 288 pages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: An International Bill of Fare | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

Film director Albert Maysles, known for his documentary of the 1969 Rolling Stones tour, "Gimme Shelter," will give a screening of his latest film and talk with students this afternoon at 4 p.m. in Parlor B of the Freshman Union...

Author: By Joseph T. Scarry, | Title: Maysles Talk | 12/1/1978 | See Source »

Appearances to the contrary, Upstairs, Downstairs Producer John Hawkes-worth has not settled down in my lady's parlor. True, his new 15-part Masterpiece Theater presentation, a joint venture of the BBC and TIME-LIFE Television, has several things in common with its award-winning and much-beloved predecessor. Chief among these are intelligence and taste. The series is as handsomely produced, the Edwardian settings and costumes as lush and authentic, as any devotee of 165 Eaton Place could possibly wish. But Louisa Leyton, the heroine of The Duchess of Duke Street, would never pass muster with Hudson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: There's a Small Hotel | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

Robert Keene, attroney for a Cambridge massage parlor, said at the meeting that this stipulation would hurt his client's business, as the parlor employs eight to ten masseuses and has only male clients...

Author: By Joshual I. Goldhaber, | Title: City Committee on Ordinances Considers Pinball, Massages | 10/17/1978 | See Source »

...ordinance would also prevent the parlor from being open between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. prime time in the massage business...

Author: By Joshual I. Goldhaber, | Title: City Committee on Ordinances Considers Pinball, Massages | 10/17/1978 | See Source »

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