… cooks in this country could have this book, the nation’s diet, food industry, and general health would be improved in … , by James Beard. Knopf $12.95 This is for those who have become serious enough about cooking to want to understand a … Difficulties arise in an understanding of certain fixed points in the heritage of cooking. A Porterhouse steak is …
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… a vacation, which, actually, it can’t). I had been accompanied by my wife onto the beach. She took a seat as soon … been about eight hours since the crash. I knew I could have died. It didn’t occur to me that I hadn’t. 2. Let rocks … from. I don’t pretend that anyone standing near me might also have heard its speech. The rock’s mouth didn’t move as …
… and Pretenders” is the most entertaining book that has come into my hands in several months. For novels, at this … seas for nearly a century, is pure delight. Mr. Parry, also, has collected an extraordinary amount of information, … the Bohemian queen, Ada Clare, like that of many literary ladies who succeeded her, was more or less spurious. Her blue …
Reporting
… they lived in the hills and disdained clothing, it was a common passion for unburdening outsiders of their heads that … On the Indian side of the border, the British colonials outlawed headhunting and sent battalions of Gurkhas with … it suddenly wasn’t cool to be naked anymore. Japanese soldiers poured into the region in 1939 and stayed for six …
Criticism
… by you and me and Larry Page. As of last year, there were 1.26 vehicles on the road for every licensed driver in the US, … “peak motorization.” The American auto industry has already died and resurrected itself once—as a loan financier. … Socratic journey, one that moves from Greece to the US, and points in between, finding more questions and a growing gap …
… wending her naive devotion through a fallen world, accompanies Virginie, the beloved daughter of the house, to … But when, as now, culture often devolves into cultural studies, the strictest accuracy is needed. And indeed such … The account, which extends for several pages, counterpoints the story’s resonance and the boy’s experience. …