Word: salads
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...feel as comfortable with the past as Heaney is with his dead-poets society. We spend a great deal of time with the dear and departed as it is. On a given day, I can read a Hemingway story, watch a Bette Davis movie, chomp on a Caesar salad in the Carnegie Deli and listen to a Cole Porter tune sung by Frank Sinatra as I take the F.D.R. Drive to La Guardia Airport, where I board a plane to Washington...
...much of the crisis is based on hard science and how much stems from plain old hysteria--fanned by news reports and plaintiffs' lawyers--is a hotly contested issue. Mold, after all, is everywhere, from the tasty Roquefort cheese in your salad dressing to the nasty black stuff clinging to the grout in your bathroom. Doctors know that certain strains can trigger allergic reactions, asthma and other respiratory ailments. They have discovered that toxins produced by aspergillus molds can cause cancer. But proving that a mold in this house caused this person's nosebleeds or mental confusion is a notoriously...
...With the constant reminder of Harvard Dining Services only bolstered by tales of Annenberg’s cuisine from summer school proctors, I’ve taken a solemn vow never to complain about variety. Having only four or five dressings to choose from at the salad bar seems like a wonderous selection after having bought a super-large bottle of ranch dressing in order to save a few dollars at Star Market. Same goes for bread—committing to finishing an entire loaf of wheat bread without getting sick of its discolored brown and grainy consistency reminds...
...Eating your great aunt Hilda?s famous potato salad at a family picnic We?re sure it?s just as tasty as everyone says it is, but if that salad sits outside for more than about eight minutes in midday heat, it could be a breeding ground for all sorts of bacteria...
Plenty of lobbyists kill time in the House cafeteria as they wait to see members of Congress. Like Riki Wilchins, they may peruse USA Today over egg salad. But few--O.K., none--have turned to a reporter between bites and said, "What pronoun will you use for me? I prefer s/he...