Word: vesuvio
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...Fortunately for Kurlansky, there's a new guide to help people venture off the culinary highway. Written by foodie progressives who savor Chicago's pizza as well as its beef sandwiches and chicken Vesuvio and scads of old-school offerings across the country, Jane and Michael Stern's 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late refers not to a diminishing American landscape but to the limited number of eating opportunities in our life spans. It's a bucket list of restaurants serving local, often obscure dishes, ranked cheerily from best to almost best. The Sterns' nation...
...first season of The Sopranos. You have, in DSM-ese, "recurrent, unexpected panic attacks." You also have "persistent concern about having additional attacks," and you fear you're "losing control, having a heart attack, 'going crazy.'" You aren't on drugs (other than all those bottles of Vesuvio's wine), so--presto--Dr. Melfi gives you a diagnosis of panic disorder, DSM No. 300.01. By the way, if you truly think you are Tony Soprano, see No. 295, schizophrenia...
Used to serving well-heeled diners, Shorr in 1992 decided to serve those scuffling along as well. Every other week he feeds homeless people who are making an effort to turn their lives around. More than 500 have dined gratis on everything from lasagna al forno to chicken Vesuvio at his Lincoln Park restaurant. "This is a first step in helping the homeless reassimilate into society," says Shorr. "The experience can be an incentive for them...
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