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...Cappadocians eat gozleme for breakfast, lunch and dinner (usually with a refreshing glass of ayran, a frothy yogurt drink). Newer restaurants in the area offer various kinds, including those stuffed with eggplant or mushrooms. While purists may scoff at such modern varieties and argue that there can only be three types of gozleme?cheese, spinach or potato?travelers needn't be limited by such local controversies. Enjoy gozleme in whatever form you find...
...Gozleme is tangier than an Indian paratha, more robust than a French crepe and altogether delicious. Cappadocians eat gozleme for breakfast, lunch and dinner (usually with a refreshing glass of ayran, a frothy yogurt drink). Newer restaurants in the area offer variants stuffed with eggplant or mushrooms. While purists scoff at such modern interpretations and argue that there can only be three types of gozleme - cheese, spinach or potato - travelers needn't be limited by local controversies. Enjoy gozleme in whatever form you find...
...Indonesians. "They're not wearing gold chains and driving Cadillacs," says Fitzsimmons. "The arse is falling out of their pants and their own fishing grounds are an abyss." Later that evening, courtesy of Trish Wallam, dinner has an exotic smell; sitting down to an ample spread, the crew merrily scoff spicy crayfish and scallops. Although the silverside is splendid, compared with the cray tails Scotty's corn dog is just dead meat...
...paltry 69th place. That list, Intel’s survey of “The Most Unwired College Campuses,” was meant to assess the degree to which wireless networking technology has taken hold at educational institutions across the country. To be fair, 69th is nothing to scoff at—neither Yale nor Princeton were in the top 100—but Dartmouth was 5th, MIT was 26th, and apparently football isn’t the only game at which we lose to Penn, as they beat us by a full 3 spots, coming in at 66th...
Critics of the carb counters' revolution may scoff at Saltz-man's enthusiasm, believing that Atkins, South Beach, Zone and other protein-packed eating regimens are part of a fad that will soon run its course, like low-fat diets in the 1980s. But they can't deny his weight loss or that of countless others who have dropped 20 or 50 or 100 lbs. after cutting carbs from their meals. Exactly why all those pounds melt away when we give up potatoes and bread remains something of a mystery to the dieting public. Is it mostly the temporary loss...