Word: virgin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Into the microphone held before his lips he spoke with effort: "To our dear children of beloved Rome, to whom we feel as close in prayer as we are close to the Divine Master in our suffering . . . we impart, with our hearts turned to the Lord and the Immaculate Virgin, our paternal Apostolic benediction...
...Heir Laurance Spelman Rockefeller, 44, owner of a 650-acre plantation on St. John, small (12,200 acres), unspoiled (only one hotel) gem of the Virgin Islands, offered his land as a site for the first U.S. National Park in the Caribbean. Holder of options on about half the island, Conservationist Rockefeller hoped to pick them up, eventually hand over about two-thirds of St. John...
...elusive complexities of French cuisine, but make some gratifying forays into solid Viennese and Hungarian cooking. Their names alone are fascinating, e.g., Dublin Coffee James Joyce, Hot Toddy for Cold Night, Nameless Cookies, Very Good Chocolate Mousse, Tricolored Omelette, Chicken in Half Mourning, Scheherazade's Melon, Virgin Sauce...
...acquired by bribing his cook. No leg of venison can compare with a simple leg of mutton prepared in the following manner. Eight days in advance you will cover the leg of mutton with the marinade called Baume Samaritain, composed of wine-old Burgundy, Beaune or Chambertin-and virgin olive oil. Into this balm, to which you have already added the usual condiments of salt, pepper, bay leaf, thyme, beside an atom of ginger root, put a pinch of cayenne, a nutmeg cut into small pieces, a handful of crushed jumper berries, and lastly a dessertspoon of powdered sugar (effective...
...Virgin Sauce. For 1 person, place 5 tablespoons butter in a hot bowl, add ¼ teaspoon salt, beat with a whisk until the butter foams, put it over hot but not boiling water for an instant. The butter must not melt. When the butter foams, add drop by drop, never ceasing to whisk, 1 teaspoon lemon juice and 1 tablespoon tepid water. When they are well amalgamated with the foaming butter, add 1 tablespoon whipped cream and serve at once. This sauce is delicious with cold fish. It is something apart...