Word: poach
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...C.I.A. draw, however, is the French cuisine in the Escoffier Room. The prix fixe $40 dinner features such classics as poached Dover sole stuffed with artichokes and tomatoes, and roasted rack of lamb on ratatouille. The 90- seat restaurant is sometimes booked three months in advance and boasts a four-star rating from the Mobil Travel Guide. Over a Kir Royale aperitif, bemused diners can enjoy a seminar in progress. On view in the glassed-in kitchen, a dozen nervous young chefs in tall toques bump into one another as they peel, poach and broil their way through the evening...
...going to see declarations of water emergency throughout Massachusetts this summer," said Barrett. "[The Massachusetts Water Resource Authority] has a real investment in helping Cambridge protect its water supply so that we don't poach theirs...
...style. (Didn't she look the bee's knees in those swishy navy blue dresses of the 1940s?) Want to go to the park, Mom? Yes. Want to watch me do a jackknife dive? Yes. Sure. Can do. Can read Tom Sawyer aloud at bedside. Can tie sneakers. Can poach an egg, hold a job, do long division, mend porcelain, ride bikes, chase dogs...
Some 1 million keyed-up rock fans poach under the midday sun at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. There are 600 police officers at your disposal, but you still face the classic problem of transporting the feature star to center stage without getting him mobbed. If you are Lieut. Colonel James Hackett, 50, of the St. Louis police force, you enlist that myopic master of outrageous disguise from Middlesex, England, Reginald Kenneth Dwight. In standard police clothing and cruiser, Hackett and Dwight then casually drive the 15 blocks to the Gateway Arch. Once backstage, Dwight looks around, then begins...
Most people state that the foods they would enjoy least without salt are eggs, potatoes and bread. I buy eggs that are strictly fresh, small red new waxy potatoes, and make my own French bread without salt. The eggs (one a week) I scramble, poach or otherwise cook without salt. They are delectable. The potatoes (with broiled or steamed fresh fish, for example) are incredibly good. And the bread is irresistible. Incidentally, such things as bread and no-salt cereals improve in flavor and texture if baked briefly in the oven...