Word: veal
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...Scarsdale, N.Y., an overhead electronic billboard flashes the specials of the day. On the rim of Alpert's cart, a 6-in. by 9-in. video screen automatically displays a list of specials in each aisle she passes. Electronic alert: Cup O' Noodles on sale, two for $1; veal chops, $6.99, a dollar off the regular price. "I used to scour all the flyers for bargains," says Alpert, a lawyer from nearby Edgemont, but now the computer takes care of that. Her basket filled, she takes her place in the check-out line. But rather than browse through the National...
...fauna than for their fellow humans. In some bastions of correct thinking, a woman wearing an ermine coat stands more chance of being attacked by an egg-throwing lover of stoats than by a mugger. (The fur-wearing woman's offense would be compounded if she were eating a veal sandwich or carrying a non-biodegradable Styrofoam container of coffee...
...latest revolution out of Boston pits recession-battered restaurateurs against charge-card giant American Express. Steve DiFillippo, owner of Davio's, where a Northern Italian veal-chop dinner for two can run $100, needed to pare costs. He threatened to turn away the American Express card unless Amex reduced its take -- 3.25% of every purchase, vs. 1.7% to 2% for Visa and MasterCard. Last week the combatants struck a truce when DiFillippo accepted Amex's offer of a 2.9% rate, saving him $11,000 a year. Amex also offered him $6,000 of advertising as part of a new nationwide...
...visitor to the Faculty Club, you will also get to see the printed menu at the entrance to the main dining room. The "special dinner menu" for this week featured "carpaccio of veal--thin slices of cured veal served on a sauce prepared with olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, onions, parmesan cheese, and capers." As an appetizer...
Also described in mouth-watering detail are mussel soup, a chef's salad with pheasant mousse, grilled yellowfin tuna, venison, walnut crusted chicken stuffed with brie cheese, stuffed veal medallions and "salmon and spinach in a potato jacket...