Word: peddler
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Although a great peddler of excess, Batali first became famous for his restraint in the kitchen, his veneration of simple Italian traditions. After graduating from Rutgers University, where he majored in economics and Spanish theater, Batali worked in kitchens in Britain, California and Turkey, where he was a yacht chef. ("Very good gig. Paid well. Virtually no responsibility. You get some rich yuppie group of six from Chicago paying $60,000 for a week on a boat. They would tip you a thousand bucks at the end of the week if they were happy. Which was enough to live...
...there was an explosive surprise, it came with the awarding of Best Song to a rap anthem in praise of a flesh peddler. Old-timers may look at the Best Song category and see a dreadful devolution over the decades, from the Gershwin and Kern winners of the 1930s to ?It?s Hard Out Here for a Pimp? this year. But, hell, the competition comprised of a woozy liturgical ballad from Crash and an uptempo number from the bottom of the Dolly Parton song trunk. And the winners, three exponents of Memphis hiphop, expressed more astonished delight than anyone except...
...best represent the two sides of RZA himself—his business, capitalist side and his more philosophical, humanist side. Within his own politics RZA expresses a more libertarian streak, particularly in regard to marijuana, which he definitely thinks should be legalized. “Give a street peddler a peddler’s license and make it so you can only smoke in certain areas, ‘cause I mean if you’re smoking on the streets you can get run over by a car or something,” he says...
...here for a pimp/ When he's gotta get the money for the rent"--don't quite have the lilt of "Some day my prince will come." And the rapper who composed that verse is no Snow White. DJay is a black man, a Memphis, Tenn., dope dealer and peddler of prostitutes' flesh. But his yearning has the same intensity as any Disney heroine's. For DJay has a mission: he wants to make a hit record. He dares to dream the pimpossible dream...
...coconut flavors, has surged from 1,500 to 45,000 a day, and they are tickling taste buds in 18 states, from California to Massachusetts. That popularity has come despite a price as rich as the taste: from $1.45 at a supermarket to $2 at a New York City peddler's cart for a single bar. Says Caryn Salzman, a Chicago secretary: "They're expensive, but they're worth it. They're heavenly...