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...small-screen nostalgiacs, I'll add a final blast of trivia. These two shows had ancestors in TV's Stone Age. Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts was a competition of little-known singers getting the fragrance of national publicity (Patsy Cline was a contestant who became a star after appearing there). And Arthur Murray's Dance Party showcased the terpsichoreal skills of the dour impresario, his wife Katherine and a host of graceful semi-pros. From the talents displayed way back then came not only American Idol and Dancing With the Stars but their movie siblings, High School Musical...
...chance interactions between the two protagonists illuminate the suffering that both endure, and this is a great source of power in the fictional aspect of the novel. But the fantasy is steeped richly in the historical portrait of Harlem, and Baker’s talent is showcased through this recreation...
...Nashville, Tenn., benefit dinner (apparently to prove the cooktop was hot); asking Babbo's wine director for "two more bottles, along with your two best Mexican prostitutes"; snoring his way through a 5 a.m. taxi ride after a night out. But Heat is also a portrait of a talent who worked his way from a dishwasher in college to a small-time Greenwich Village cook to America's impresario of all foods Italian. On that Nashville trip, 32 local chefs showed up to volunteer to cook with Batali. (Batali's influence can also be seen in the crudo sensation...
Whether Batali and Bastianich can successfully export their festival of gratification around the country isn't yet clear. The Vegas restaurants will be staffed with experienced talent from their New York restaurants, but Batali won't be able to ride his Vespa scooter to them each night, a quality-control measure he uses in Manhattan. Still, Batali won't run out of culinary ideas any time soon. On his Mac he keeps a database of 20,000 recipes collected over the years on his travels to out-of-the-way Italian towns like the one where he apprenticed...
...Area now has about 7 million residents versus perhaps 800,000 in 1906--but also a vibrant $350 billion economy that includes one of the nation's largest financial hubs, one of its busiest ports and one of the world's densest concentrations of technical and scientific talent...