Word: veal
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...grandson is becalmed in his office, postponing chores by reading the New York Times food page. Abruptly, one of memory's custard pies sails out of a time warp and hits me in the snoot. The Times describes a fine restaurant, called the Tapawingo, serving cassoulet of morels, and veal with forest fettucine, dinners $22 to $32 with first course and salad, in -- SPLAT! -- Ellsworth, Mich. My reaction is dismay. Ellsworth doesn't belong in the Times. It belongs in my earliest memories, where it has been for the 40 years since I last saw it. Ellsworth is my grandfather...
...available. Since there is no federal definition of what is organic, chefs tend to rely on products certified as authentic by various local groups. They rush as often as five times a week to local farmers' markets or grow their own produce in backyard gardens. Appointed buyers search for veal that is "humanely raised" and fed milk from cows that eat organic grain...
...because I suffer from a mental illness. I am a rational and chemically-balanced individual. I laugh at funny jokes and weep for mistreated baby seals and veal calves...
...virtuosity -- common decency, common courtesy, common interests and common sense. Before he sat down last week to talk nukes with Australia's Prime Minister Bob Hawke, the President hacked around the scruffy Andrews Air Force Base golf course in suffocating heat. True, he had enjoyed roast saddle of veal Perigourdine at the state dinner, but by Wednesday he was off in Baltimore, downing a hot dog, some Maryland crab cakes and vanilla ice cream with his grandson, George P., 10, while the Orioles squeezed by the Toronto Blue Jays...
...foreign carriers. Thus while passengers on U.S. domestic flights wrestle with their rubbery entrees, Swissair passengers flying first class out of Atlanta may sample smoked salmon, caviar, lobster medaillons, foie gras, pan-fried trout or vacherin glace, among other esoterica. Even Swissair's coach-class passengers are treated to veal roast with walnut sauce and mocha mousse with kiwi -- and all provided by Marriott...