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...stroll down a supermarket aisle would surely beguile George Crum, the chef at Moon's Lake House in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., who in 1853 is said to have devised "Saratoga chips" to placate a cantankerous customer who complained that the fried potatoes were too thick. But if Crum were to taste chocolate-coated chips, a salt-sweet, cloying aberration priced from $6 to $18 per lb. (the latter from Yuppie Gourmet in Racine, Wis.), he might be sorry he started the whole thing. As a good chef, he would be the first to recognize that even the best idea...
...signs are everywhere. Black-clad, beret-wearing intellectuals walk the streets, muttering in French accents about meta-narratives and hermeneutics. Texts by Foucault have replaced the once ubiquitous Marx-Engels Reader as the staple on every academic reading list. One has merely to stroll through the ever-growing Literary Criticism sections in Cambridge bookstores to recognize the imminent danger that is threatening our society. The Day of Deconstruction is upon...
...those parts into the firm, seamless narratives that have made his writing almost legendary at TIME. Every so often on these jaunts a thoughtful grunt escapes his lips and he smiles in satisfaction. He then heads quickly back to his computer terminal to tap out the results of his stroll in paragraphs of carefully linked fact and perception. "Working with George," says Reporter-Researcher Katherine Mihok, who has done so on many occasions, including last week, "is like being in on the Creation...
...ACROSS this frothy bowl of milk and cornflakes we call our nation, millions of average Americans are twitching and hopping as they stroll down our streets, mouths silently opening and closing, little pockets of drool collecting on their shirt-fronts. Hygienic concerns aside, just what the hell is wrong with these people? Disease? Demonic possession? Gastro-intestinal cramps...
...Orleans, hit the bars on Bourbon St. (don't miss Pat O'Brien's famous Hurricane) at night, and during the day stroll the Mississippi River Walk, enjoy the street artists and performers, and sample Cafe du Monde's beignets, a type of fried donut. Also, be sure to stop at the Preservation Hall Jazz Band in the Quarter one evening. The music is some of the best anywhere, and the $1 admission fee can't be beat...