Word: sweets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pleated dumplings known as jiaozi (or, in the larger size, baozi) that are filled with pork and aromatic hot broth, or the juicy, half-fried, half-steamed, pork- stuffed crescents called guotie. Breakfast purchased on Shanghai street corners can be the big snowy puffs of yeast buns filled with sweet red-bean paste. All day long there are noodles made of rice, wheat or mung beans, served hot, cold, with gravy or in soup, garnished with wisps of coriander and onions or more substantial bits of pork. (Travelers who want to enjoy the delights of food at unhygienic street stands...
...coriander and scallions. Puffed up like tiny spaetzle, the bread dumplings fleshed out a satisfying soup that was made fiery, sharp and aromatic with additions of chili and sesame oils, and winy, amber-colored aged vinegar. Many ganbei, or toasts, drunk with the strong-smelling mao-tai whisky, cloyingly sweet orange soda or cool, refreshing Chinese beer were raised...
...race gave Berkoff sweet revenge in another way as well. Princeton's Richard Hughes, who defeated Berkoff in the race at the Eastern Championships last month by a mere. 04 seconds, managed only a third-place showing behind the Harvard and Stanford swimmers...
...Sweet words for Remar. Chunk to hunk probably also equals health to wealth. Though he sank $100,000 into his remake for consults, travel and just plain fun, he stands to recoup much more. Movie rights have been sold, lecture tours planned. He's going to continue a column for the Washington Post, and a second book is already under way. Remar seems to be getting off on some other delights too. A few days ago, I watched him in the culmination of the year, the ultimate version of what he calls his Swoon Walks...
ADMINISTRATION: Daniel M. Rubin, Donald Sweet...