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...They smell good enough to eat--but don't. A spate of food-inspired perfumes has hit the market, including Cartier's Le Baiser du Dragon, which is laced with hints of chocolate and caramel, and J. Lo's Still Jennifer Lopez, which features top notes of sake. "Rum, licorice, milk and rice flavors are now used in perfumes frequently," says Jean-Michel Duriez, a perfumer for Jean Patou Paris. The company's latest scent, Enjoy, carries notes of black-currant bud, green banana and pear. Observes Michael Edwards, author of the yearly guidebook Fragrances of the World: "Gourmand notes...
...girls' father, computer consultant Charles Martinez, is equally encouraging. He began cooking with his parents at age 7 and learned to accentuate the positive. "Smell it, taste it, move the dough around--if it tastes good to you, it'll taste good to everyone," he says. But equally important is to eliminate the negative. If a child makes a mistake, he follows his mother's example. "She's not the type of person who says, 'Oh, no, you messed up,'" he explains. "It's more of a 'Don't worry about it, we'll just throw that batch away...
...sight and smell of fresh fish blood in the street don't stir your feelings of yuletide cheer, then chances are you're not Czech. For 'tis the season when the streets of Prague are filled with stands selling carp, a staple of the Bohemian holiday table, served breaded and fried with potato salad. Many folks buy their fish live and kill it at home. More squeamish celebrants have it gutted for them...
...Saturday, I had hoped to avoid the rank smell after Cornell coach Mike Schafer and Big Red athletic officials asked fans to instead toss stuffed animals over the boards as part of a charity drive for underprivileged children. And while toys graced the ice, the occasional fish, and even a lobster, also made an appearance as the Harvard team entered the rink before the first period. Students had taped the seafood to their bodies to avoid being discovered when patted down at the rink’s entrance...
Honan’s brother, State Representative Kevin G. Honan, who was there with other members of his family, said his brother would be pleased to see more affordable housing being built in the neighborhood. He remembered that the neighborhood used to smell like fish when he was a child—and this development would be a big improvement...