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...chore is the thing that has to be done right now or all hell breaks loose. A chore is putting in an extra load of laundry or cleaning up after the kids before you get rec-room Pompeii. It's not installing an antique doorknob, planting tomatoes or grilling salmon for company, which are fun. Hobbies--surfing the Web, working out, tinkering with the sound system--are not housework simply because they're done at home...
...thrive amid emerald lakes, glaciers, fjords and floating icebergs. At day's end guests can relax at the health spa with a Thai massage or a dip in the outdoor Jacuzzi. At mealtime they gaze out at the Salto Chico waterfall as white-jacketed waiters bring plates of fresh salmon or Patagonian lamb and bottles of fine Chilean wine...
...assume that the organizers couldn't pull off the red-hot stones in the frozen MIT ground, but the pig tasted delicious nonetheless. Soon after my arrival there was the inevitable rush to the serving table, replete with the typical luau spread: somen salad, lomi lomi salmon, sushi, kalua pig and cabbage, teriyaki beef, chicken long rice, dimsum, rice, haupia, coconut cake, and chi chi dango. Kama'aina (island locals) were disappointed to find that pudding-like poi was not shipped in, but otherwise the food was a success. People not familiar with the delicacies of Hawaii were encouraged...
...caution, this time--for peace. The fishing was good too. In the gulf, off the coast of Louisiana, speckled trout were swarming in the bays and bayous, and tarpon appeared a full month earlier than usual. Said Bill Tugman, editor of the weekly Reedsport (Ore.) Port Umpqua Courier: "The salmon are running and the trout and striped bass, and they even say the shad feel like taking a fly this year. Let Moscow do its worst...
...entrees, too, were large, innovative and delicious. Once the mystery behind "Salmon Ukka as a Dinner" ($18.50) is unraveled, it seems irresistable. A filet of fresh salmon, seared and encrusted with fresh ground pepper, is served floating in a delicate vegetable broth brimming with bite-size chunks of carrot, celery, fennel (a popular ingredient at Salts) and tender potato balls. The combination is neither nouveu Americain nor specifically Eastern European but rather a unique invention...