Word: plaisir
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Japanese chef who specialized in exquisite French dishes at some of America's finest restaurants. The son of a Tokyo food dealer, he went to Switzerland at age 16 to learn the art of French cuisine. Years later in New York, Kobayashi ("Masa" to his friends) transformed Le Plaisir into one of the city's most prestigious restaurants. In 1981 he became master chef at the Auberge du Soleil in California's Napa Valley. Two years later, he opened Masa's in San Francisco, a restaurant so popular there was a 21-day wait for reservations...
...Roland Barthes, Le Plaisir du texte, table of contents. b. Alex Comfort, ed., The Joy of Sex, table of contents. c. Irma Rombauer, The Joy of Cooking, s.b. "Mushrooms...
...difficult to talk about reading, eating and sex in any ordered manner. Inter-texte, Friction rub, Ring or mousse makes at least as much sense as Florentine, Frozen, Identification, Lima beans and. But the second should go together while the first should not. The tables of contents from Le Plaisir du texte and from The Joy of Sex are not only in alphabetical order but in page order. Dr. Comfort having decided that the logical order of sex acts is alphabetical, M. Barthes having decided that the logical order for the alphabet and words thereby attached might as well...
...partner. Standing before the Gothic tower of Parliament, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau welcomed him: "Our long relationship has been based on more than neighborhood. It has been based on friendship and on a sharing of values." Mixing French and English diplomatically, Reagan responded: "Merci. C'est un plaisir to be here with you today...