Word: salads
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...meeting ran as it always has—members shuffled into Adams Small Dining Hall with their trays and talked about diversifying RUS’s constituency and a possible annual publication over their plates of salad and pasta...
...trapped in our cars? The automobile was, you'll recall, supposed to revolutionize our quality of life. And for a brief and shining moment, it did. During the salad days of London traffic in the 1970s, when Margaret Thatcher proclaimed that "nothing should be allowed to stand in the way of the great car economy," cars blazed through London at 12-14 km/h during rush hour. Ad campaigns trumpeted the power and comfort of the private car, and people were seduced because, after all, it seemed true. If the city is the apogee of public life, the car became...
...part grocery store and one part meat market, where tanned and toned co-eds parade the aisles while bands of slobbering fraternity boys follow in tow waiting for just the right moment to offer their services in lifting up a particularly cumbersome bottle of Diet Coke or fat-free salad dressing. Where better to stoke the flame of romance first kindled in the frozen food aisle than a party that same evening...
...been warmer—a frequent problem—and desperately needed more salt. Salt and pepper shakers are not put on the table, a rather affected touch, it seems, and if management is determined to pursue that strategy, they must ensure that all food is properly seasoned. A salad of endive and artichoke dressed with “red wine cream” was better, an arresting blend of textures and, again, an example of UpStairs on the Square’s focus on the visual, coming piled in a pyramid, centered on another square plate...
Desserts are, like the rest of the meal, pricey, running about $10—but worth the effort, especially since a trip to UpStairs on the Square is likely to coincide with a special occasion. A fresh citrus salad is served beneath two scoops of fresh, not excessively-sweetened tangerine sorbet and provides a zingy way to cleanse the palate and refresh stuffed patrons. Diners possessing large appetites will enjoy the apple pain perdu, a grown-up version of French toast that is surprisingly light...