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...meal will take place during normal dining hours and feature items from local farms that were produced using sustainable techniques, including borscht soup made from local beets, Maine lobster bisque, locally baked sourdough rolls, and locally made ice cream and four-berry pies, among other items...
...smile, as if he were laughing at his last or next joke, Sales was a Mr. Rogers for kids who didn't watch PBS. Yet there was educational value to his work. Dipping deep into the stock of humor that had sustained stand-up comics from vaudeville and the Borscht Belt, he taught kids what was funny. (See a pictorial tribute to Jerry Lewis...
...maybe Lee couldn't find American actors who'd fit his view of these cartoon creatures. But to outfit Staunton in a housedress that is gargantuanly padded in the bosom and butt is to force an exceptional actress into unintended parody, and to reduce the Holocaust-survivors generation to Borscht Belt jokes. Staunton has made a long trip south from Oscar-nominated actress to Vera Drake, yenta...
...Earth alive after a space flight, sit with their heads cocked inquisitively. Some of the halls are lined with kitschy "space art" (one piece shows a white-clad cosmonaut floating in a sea of dark swirls); other exhibits include examples of Soviet and Russian cosmonaut food, including black bread, borscht and caviar. The museum's efforts to appeal to kids appear to have worked - teenagers and children with their parents fill the small halls even on a weekday afternoon. (Read "The Cruise of the Vostok...
...speech, Reiss was given a Hillel shirt, hat, and necktie. “[The event] was sort of structured, like one of those Catskills comedy acts,” said Simpsons fan Hilary S. Jacqmin of the Harvard University Press, referring to Reiss’ ‘Borscht Belt’ humor. The feelings of appreciation were mutual. “I want to thank you all for being so smart,” Reiss said. While at Harvard, Reiss was co-president of the Harvard Lampoon—a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that occasionally publishes...