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...calories per 4-oz. scoop, vs. as much as 325 for a premium dairy ice cream and 280 for gelato. A sellout among celebs and fast-trackers from Manhattan to Honolulu, this noncream ice cream, which comes in five flavors, actually tastes good. Best of the batch: banana pecan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Gelato by the Superscoopful | 8/15/1983 | See Source »

...bloody civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery. An apoplectic Governor George Wallace had closed the capitol, which brazenly flew a Confederate flag, to prevent the marchers from delivering a petition protesting voting discrimination. Back in Montgomery last week, Jackson was welcomed graciously by Wallace, who served him pecan rolls on a silver tray and iced tea in a silver pitcher on the sun porch of the Governor's mansion. The next day Jackson was given another cordial reception when he became the first black since Reconstruction to address a joint session of the Alabama legislature. Says State Representative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Protest to Politics | 6/6/1983 | See Source »

Without a doubt, the main event of the weekend will be Thanksgiving dinner, served at Adams House from noon until 2 p.m. "Lordy, are we going to have a dinner," said DuFour. The menu will include pecan-stuffed turkey, sugar-cured ham with sweet potatoes and three different kinds...

Author: By Mary F. Cliff, | Title: For Students Staying Here, It's an Adams House Turkey | 11/24/1982 | See Source »

...spirit of the holiday and ate until her skirt was far too snug for comfort and her body was crying out for an afternoon nap. Unlike the rest of her family, however, after consuming a heaping plate of turkey, stuffing, gravy, sweet potatoes, green beans, and hefty chunks of pecan pie and pumpkin pie topped with vanilla ice cream, Joan did not stop...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Living to Eat | 12/14/1981 | See Source »

While she tidied up the kitchen for her family, Joan polished off another plate of turkey swimming in gravy, a pan of stuffing, an entire pecan pie, a gallon of ice cream, and a gallon of milk. Then, cursing her bloated body and lack of will-power, Joan locked herself in the bathroom and vomited up every last bite of her meal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Living to Eat | 12/14/1981 | See Source »

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