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...trying to diet their way to slimness... Many dieters opt for the eccentric. They have no lack of plans from which to choose... The Lover's Diet, devised by Dr. Abraham Friedman, at least sounds like fun. He urges the overweight to "reach for a mate instead of a plate" and exercise off their excess weight through intercourse. But unless they follow Friedman's low-fat and low-carbohydrate diet as well, they are unlikely to shed many pounds. A single act of intercourse, according to Friedman, burns an average of 200 calories... Many doctors eschew eccentric diets and insist...
...favorites is jianbing, or fried pancake. Crepe batter and an egg are expertly fried on a cast-iron hot plate. Then the pancake is sprinkled with a variety of pickled vegetables, slivered seaweed, hot sauce, hoisin sauce and sesame seeds. Finally, working with callused heat-resistant fingers, the chef wraps the whole steaming concoction around a crispy strip of fried dough. It's heavenly...
...locals are catching on to the wonders of European baking as well. On my most recent visit, a lone Chinese woman came into the shop and ordered a slice of Black Forest cake, tiramisu and a glass of cold milk. Moments later she was forking her way through her plate of dessert with obvious pleasure. Back when I was a student, a feast like that would have had me weeping...
...sounds like a weight watcher's dream come true: a simple hormone, long thought to play an obscure function in the pancreas, turns out instead to be a powerful appetite suppressant--the body's way of telling the brain it's time to push the plate away. If a pharmaceutical company could put it in a pill and sell it at the drugstore, you might, just might, never again have to count calories or wrestle with your willpower. Just pop one of these things before a meal, and your stomach says--entirely on its own--"No, thank...
These respectable but hardly astounding numbers underplay a few other retail realities. One: a good restaurant will not only draw customers to the store, but will also keep them there - maybe long enough to shop for something more substantial than a plate of tuna carpaccio. "Each of our restaurants has a regular clientele who come back again and again for the Harrods experience," says Estafanous. Two: the opportunities for cross-promotion are plentiful. "We're doing a promotion of foods from France's Languedoc region, so I plan to put some of the cheeses on the menu...