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...this cinematic blackout to Hong Kong. That's what happened with the films produced by Shaw Brothers, once the dominant movie studio in East Asia. The pictures produced by Run Run Shaw and his sibling Runme from 1951 to 1985 set the colony's standard for opulence, vigor and splash in a dozen genres. But because Sir Run Run refused to put his old films on video, or even allow film museums to show them, younger movie fans have had to wonder: What did a martial arts classic like Chang Cheh's The Heroic Ones or Chor Yuen's Killer...
...Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa, below, has couples sip wine in a brass tub filled with grape-seed bubble bath and rose petals, then emerge for a massage with grape-seed body lotion. It's the seeds that purportedly contain the most powerful antioxidant properties, but for those aching to splash around in alcohol, next month New York City's Just Calm Down day spa will begin to offer the Grape Gatsby, a pedicure in which patrons' feet are treated to a 30-minute exfoliating soak in red wine and a moisturizing rubdown with crushed red grapes. Of course, to replicate...
...Holsey is not the only first-year who could make a big splash in league competition...
...used to be so simple: shortening, butter and lard were all you needed to make food taste good. But then we discovered that too much fat was bad, and cooking oils got complicated. The latest heart-healthy oil to make a splash on the market is Imperial Republic Tea Oil, which contains less saturated fat than olive oil and has almost as many uses. It was a hit at the Summer Fancy Food Show--as was Pacifica Blood Orange Avocado Oil. But which oil to use with what food? Below, a quick primer...
...order two martinis (both $9.50)—a Green Goose (Grey Goose orange, Cointreau, splash of sour apple, sugar rim) and a Chocolate Cherry (Stoli vanilla, Kahlua, amaretto, crème de cocoa, dash of grenadine). We laud the smooth, mellow acidity of the first and are revolted by the cluttered confusion of the second. Vanilla, coffee, almond, chocolate and red fruits jostling for attention? What a garbled gimmick...