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...nothing--or no one--sacred? But the authors go on to show how Farmer subjected all cooking processes to volume measurement rather than the usual weight system, which is more accurate and also more bothersome. Fannie also was guilty of tempting the gullible American sweet tooth, for she added sugar to many foods, such as bread, which Colonial and European cooks (the Hesses' heroes) had left unsweetened. She performed at least that mission admirably--Fannie Farmer candy stores are to be seen in suburban malls throughout the country...
February '76--I should be studying for a final but it's Beanpot time and you don't pass up the pate do fols gras of college hockey. Not even for Moby Dick. In a tooth-and-whale struggle, the Terriers take this first-round contest...
Greed is the theme of the play, greed so compelling as to raise it to an obsessive lust for money. In this reincarnation, the setting has become San Francisco in the 1890s. Volpone has become Foxwell J. Sly, played with shark's-tooth gusto by George C. Scott. Rich and childless. Sly feigns grave illness in order to arouse the hopes of avaricious, fawning and wealthy townsfolk who hope to become his heir...
Briefly, the colder the snow, and the more recent the last snowfall, the more "tooth" the crystals have and the harder the wax you should use. In contrast, older snow and higher temperatures demand a softer...
...plenitude of wild game, the authors point out, gave Americans their insatiable meat tooth-they average nearly 200 lbs. a year per person. Even the once numerous Hudson River sturgeon were called "Albany beef." With woods and waters full of food, many early settlers found little incentive to farm. Besides, farms were fixed targets for marauding Indians. Pigs, which foraged for themselves, were easier to raise. As a result, by the 19th century salt pork became a staple at breakfast, lunch and supper. With the exception of Indian corn and potatoes, fruits and vegetables tended to be shunned as unhealthful...