Word: rhubarb
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sports language has certainly changed since then. Does anyone talk about "rhubarb" anymore? On April 15, 1959, one headline read: "Coach's Protests Raise Rhubarb, Delay Action in Tufts Ball Game...
Usually, the Series sparks a rhubarb about the best team in baseball, but this year only the A's have designs on history. The Dodgers have been very forthright about that. "We definitely are not a dominant team," Hershiser says. "The Mets have a better team," says rightfielder Mike Marshall. "There's no doubt in my mind," Lasorda says, "that we beat the best team in the National League...
...Judith and Evan Jones (Random House; 669 pages; $22.50), informs us that it continues to expand. Judging by some of the newer dishes, that is not always for the better. This huge, handsome compendium, written for the Maine-based mail-order outfitter, is at its best with traditional specialties: rhubarb cakes and cobblers; codfish in chowders, cakes and Portuguese stews; and all the lobster, salmon and blueberry treats so rarely found elsewhere in the country. But the italicized new is the operative word, and interesting as the creations of young New England restaurant chefs may be, they water down...
...must take more than a recession to dampen demand for English rhubarb and fig preserves or reindeer meatballs from Norway. Though inflation has forced supermarket shoppers to cut corners and frantically clip coupons, gourmet food shops that cater to the sophisticated palate have never been busier...