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...produce section continues to divulge its secrets. "Ladies! Americans are getting away from having one kind of lettuce in their salads," Raftery declaims, pointing out the arugula and radicchio. "But I have to confess that if I give these fancy kinds to my kids, they say, 'Maaaa ...'" She segues into a recipe for fried zucchini sticks ("Really nice for company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISPATCHES: THE TRUTH ABOUT CHEEZ-WHIZ | 8/28/1995 | See Source »

...greed-locked streets of Manhattan at the dawning of the new age of avarice, I felt like John Reed in Moscow in 1917. A revolution in human consumption patterns was under way, and I was on the barricades, ordering grilled tuna with sun-dried tomatoes, an arugula-and-radicchio salad, an insouciant Chardonnay and cappuccino...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Birth and -- Maybe -- Death of Yuppiedom | 4/8/1991 | See Source »

...past. Put plainly, the croissant is out and the doughnut is in, and the same goes for restaurant fare. At some haughty spots like New York City's four-star Le Cirque, the humble turnip is increasingly turning up in soups and as a side dish. Addio, radicchio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Belt Tightening a Few Notches | 3/18/1991 | See Source »

...things Italian." James Beard traveled to Italy for Hazan's cooking class. She preached the virtues of extra-virgin olive oil long before the Mediterranean diet became a health fad, raved about pearly risottos before they became trendy, and opened up spaghetti-and-meatball mentalities to light, delicate radicchio sauces. Her three cookbooks have sold 1 million copies. Her cooking workshops in Venice have drawn students from 28 countries, including ordinary housewives, professionals and celebrities like Danny Kaye, Burt Lancaster and Joel Grey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Battling Spaghetti O Taste Buds | 5/29/1989 | See Source »

What the movie folks have noticed is a grim specter haunting all of yuppiedom. No matter how furiously they pedal their Exercycles, no matter how earnestly they chomp through their radicchio or how desperately they try to drown their anxieties in wine coolers, the yups cannot escape this terrible fact: procreation is the enemy of recreation. Not to mention carefree getting and spending. Recently we have seen one mini-hit (Baby Boom) and one maxi-hit (3 Men and a Baby) offering implausibly sentimental reassurances that there is life after surrogate parenthood. Now comes that prolific chronicler of youthful crises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Wedlock Blues SHE'S HAVING A BABY | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

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