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With more than 30,000 restaurants in 114 countries, McDonald’s is America’s proudest export, and more than almost any other company, it has left its mark on the world. That’s why for our sake, and the world’s, we must provide an emergency loan package to reverse Ronald’s retreat. Unfortunately, any relief legislation will likely be snagged up in partisan pettiness. Republicans, who hate everything associated with Bill Clinton, will never lift a finger to help his favorite restaurant. While at the same time, the small...
...Sake, said to have originated in China around 4800 BC, and now a staple accompaniment to Japanese meals and Austin Powers hot-tub seduction scenes, is a light alcohol made from rice that is believed not to cause hangovers. It is traditionally served slightly chilled or gently warmed, but recently sake has been used in an array of cocktails...
Many popular sake drinks, such as the Sake Bloody Mary and Sake Margarita, simply substitute sake for other, harder alcohols. But the Sake Martini—nicknamed the Saketini—pairs dry sake with an alcohol to enhance the taste of both. Kei Okada of Ginza, an upscale Boston sushi restaurant, describes the benefits of the Sake Martini: “It is much smoother than a regular martini. Also, because sushi contains rice and sake is brewed from rice the two complement each other very well.” Okada recommends Kariho-Namahage or Onikoroshi sake because they...
There are many varieties of the Sake Martini, and while the recipe above calls for equal proportions, many choose to either emphasize the sake or the hard liquor, or to sample different brands of sake. The Japanese have brewing down to a fine art and pride themselves on the variety of tastes...
...starve their own population and sponsor terror abroad. Containment of Iraq would, at best, provide Hussein leverage to act with a similar impunity in the Middle East; at worst it would give him the time and means to attack the U.S. or its allies in catastrophic fashion. For the sake of the American people, and for the sake of the Iraqi people, the U.S. must ensure that neither scenario comes to pass...