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...grub's not half bad, either. Meals might be a rabbit's fantasy of haute cuisine, but Henry Cumming, a top-flight chef from Britain, knows how to coax out the inner bunny. Plus it's not all salad. There's hummus and guacamole and soups?gazpacho and an unctuous white cream of almonds and garlic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Retreat | 5/15/2006 | See Source »

...disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his old College Republicans buddy, Ralph Reed, the former head of the Christian Coalition, were exchanging e-mails about Jeff Ballabon, another lobbyist they were trying to use for an entr?e to the Bush White House, where Ballabon had friends. Reed forwarded Abramoff an unctuous message Ballabon had sent him and Reed added the comment, "It's now becoming physically painful," an apparent reference to Reed's distaste at the prospect of sidling up to Ballabon. Abramoff responded with an allusion to the Scottish golf trip he and Reed were to make the following month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Golf Junket that Haunts Abramoff and Friends | 5/11/2006 | See Source »

...grub's not half bad, either. Meals might be a rabbit's fantasy of haute cuisine, but Henry Cumming, a top-flight chef from Britain, knows how to coax out the inner bunny. Plus it's not all salad. There's hummus and guacamole and soups - gazpacho and an unctuous white cream of almonds and garlic. The menu is vegan, barring the odd egg, and the diet is supposed to make our bodies less acidic (bones leach calcium and other minerals if the body strays too far from its naturally alkaline pH of 7.4, says Jeans). It also tames blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Retreat | 5/9/2006 | See Source »

When that commercial has finished punctuating a TV timeout during a recent sporting event, we viewers are immediately presented with a studio stocked with unctuous smiles and harmonious names...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BAMMA SLAMMA | 10/4/2005 | See Source »

...angel hair pasta, smoked salmon and Chervil crème fraiche. The white wine that accompanies it is an upbeat blend of Marsanne, Rousanne and Viognier grapes. Brennan notes that Viognier, a temperamental grape with growing popularity, is a “fat grape, with a rich, unctuous quality. The crème fraiche will stand...

Author: By Irin Carmon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wine Harvesting | 3/11/2004 | See Source »

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