Word: toasts
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...WHAT DOES HOSTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS INVOLVE, EXACTLY? I make jokes, a toast, chances are I get drunk, I end up insulting, uh, let's say, Muffy Potter-Aston, the whole thing turns into a fistfight, and two of the von Furstenbergs go home in bloody tatters. That's what I'm thinking it's gonna be. Whether or not it works out that way, it's hard to tell...
...your item "Foie Gras In The Mess?," about attempts to have a subsidiary of a French company barred from supplying food to U.S. Marines [NOTEBOOK, April 21]: First it was freedom fries replacing French fries and the burning of French toast. Then fine French wines and Dom Perignon bubbled down patriotic American drains. One wonders what France bashers will dream up next to replace the French kiss. Let's hope for a tongue twister. KATHERINE E. KREUTER Rancho Mirage, Calif...
...Bush himself, name-calling, mockery and general disrespect flew from Washington. Every media outlet picked up the news that the House of Representatives had decided to change the prefix ‘French’ to ‘Freedom’ in both its fries and its toast. Despite the amusing nature of the replacement (mocking the French always elicits a giggle), this change symbolized a more worrisome trend. More recently, Republican Jim Saxton of New Jersey proposed a ban on Pentagon participation in this year’s Paris Air Show, Florida Representative Ginny Brown-Waite proposed...
Winthrop House Assistant to the Masters Karen Reiber pointed to a toast at last year’s Winthrop House Senior Dinner—when one student said he wished Lamberth could be cloned so other Houses “could have the benefit of her care and commitment”—as an example of students’ respect and admiration for Lamberth...
...popular is Restaurant Ember at 500 Keong Saik Road, an eager-to-please newcomer in Chinatown that is both affordable and satisfying. Its cream of mushroom soup is topped with a white froth of truffle oil, and the shelled escargots are slathered with butter and served on thick toast. Reservations are a necessity for weekends; call...