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...little after noon one Monday in late January, a buzz of anticipation filled the cafeteria of the No. 1 Elementary School in the sleepy former whaling town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Thanks to the exertions of the local fisheries association and board of education, the 21 young scholars in the room were about to get a special treat with their workaday portions of milk, rice, salad and mandarin oranges: marinated, deep-fried fillet of whale. The greasy feast was one of 704 similar lunches the board has provided to 339 schools in the prefecture since January 2005. "Reaction from...
...JONAH'S: Lying 40 km to the city's north, this is deservedly among Sydney's best destination restaurants. Well-heeled tourists arrive by seaplane to find themselves in a gorgeous beachfront idyll, and gazing open-mouthed at the endless Pacific's whitecaps and whale plumes. A recent renovation and a new chef have met with critical acclaim. As you sit in Jonah's elegant interior, dining on the likes of king prawns in burnt butter or snapper with mussel bouillabaisse, you'll be in a perfect position to understand why. For reservations, call...
...head with wine. JONAH'S: Lying 40 km to the city's north, this is deservedly among Sydney's best destination restaurants. Well-heeled tourists arrive by seaplane to find themselves in a gorgeous beachfront idyll, and gazing open-mouthed at the endless Pacific's whitecaps and whale plumes. A recent renovation and a new chef have met with critical acclaim. As you sit in Jonah's elegant interior, dining on the likes of king prawns in burnt butter or snapper with mussel bouillabaisse, you'll be in a perfect position to understand why. For reservations, call...
...shorts too, and usually wins. This year?s Pixar short is One Man Band. But I?d give an outsider?s chance to John Canemaker?s The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation. The director is a popular animator and historian, and this is his Squid and the Whale: a pained, funny memoir of his demanding father (voiced by Eli Wallach...
...reason, the paramount accessory for a true cerebral ironist is a killer ironic fashion sense.The sporting of pink and green to the polo club has always been a sort of tongue-in-cheek mode of self-expression, but final clubs members take it to an all new level. Spouting-whale pants? Ha! Madras print flannel boxers and loafers made out of sheepskin? That’s enough to inspire dry-yet-ironic chuckling from any peanut gallery!People always complain about the cloying preppiness or seemingly ingrained class differences rampant in the popped collar. One popped collar may be annoying...