Word: raviolis
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Among the Continent's most determined weight losers are the Italians. The old stereotype of the ravioli-plump Italian mama has changed to that of a Swedish-svelte city signorina. Says Joan Marble Cook, an American author who attended a reducing class in Rome: "You'd think Italians would be so attached to food, but they're marvelously disciplined. Some of the men in my class lost...
...emerged in Queens with richly detailed notes on Carey's political philosophy. Boston Bureau Chief Sandra Burton recalls spending "several of the most exhausting days" of her career trailing tireless Ella Grasso, Connecticut Governor-elect. Now Burton found herself in Hartford hauling bags and boxes heavy with ravioli, cannoli and napoleons-gifts from Ella's eager supporters. The campaign also forced reflection and, surprisingly in a year marked by corroding cynicism, strengthened some correspondents' faith in the political system. As Los Angeles Bureau Chief Richard Duncan reported: "Candidates are human and frail, and none will save...
...short, the food is consistently good and the prices are just as dependably painful. Genuine Chinese delights can be found under Westernized names--"Peking Ravioli" is a delicious appetizer difficult to find outside New York. For a sampling generally satisfying to the most American of palates, the buffets are good occasions to run wild (Tuesday and Thursday nights and Sunday afternoons). Unfortunately, they will set you back $4.75 a head...
...glass of beer from the 7-ft. wooden cooler. Then they drift out back toward the grape arbor for a game of boccie. On Wednesdays, Amelia Garavaglia, 76, flours her plump, competent hands in the back room of Gioia's Corner Market and begins rolling out 5,000 ravioli for sale hi the front room. Each evening, Ida Galli switches on the spotlight hi her front yard-not to scare away burglars, but to illuminate a 3-ft.-high statue of the Blessed Virgin. It is all part of the pleasant, unhurried flavor of life today on the Hill...
...spruce up the area. The students redecorated the Hill's hydrants and trash cans in red, white and green (the colors of the Italian flag). More than 1,000 trees have been planted. A system of block workers set up by the corporation makes certain that leftover ravioli lands in, not outside the garbage cans. The corporation maintains a list of Italians eager to move onto the Hill. When houses be come vacant, it often refurbishes and resells them at low cost to young couples...