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...field has long intrigued him; Zachary M. Seward ’07-’09, a close friend of 17 years, recalled that—for a basic elementary-school assignment—his classmate crafted an unconventional submission...

Author: By Nathaniel S. Rakich, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson’s Editor Is Marshall Scholar | 12/7/2006 | See Source »

...Many chefs also enjoy concocting endless riffs on basic breakfast foods like bread and eggs. "Bread goes with anything," says Keller, and "egg is the only protein that you use 24 hours a day in a savory and a sweet." That versatility explains why pain perdu - an authentically French version of French toast - makes a regular appearance on the French Laundry menu. But it's never ordinary. Cooked with bone marrow, tomatoes or truffles, it is hard to recognize as a variation on French toast in the first place. Other New York chefs' inspired takes on morning food range from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: French Toast for Dinner | 12/7/2006 | See Source »

...authors list ambitious goals for this "movement of struggle," including achieving compulsory basic education for Arab girls to eliminate female illiteracy by 2015, and enforcing equal employment opportunities for Arab women. One specific reform proposed is a program of affirmative action "to expand women's participation in society and dismantle centuries-old discrimination." A more important, but vastly more daunting, challenge identified by the report is taking on the Islamic establishment to remove cultural obstacles sanctified by religious rulings. The report says that the reform it envisions "will modernize religious interpretation and jurisprudence through the widespread adoption of the enlightened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Holding Back Arab Women? | 12/7/2006 | See Source »

Oddly, there wasn't much measuring involved besides the basic sleeve and collar. That's because the tailors in Pink's Ireland shop start with their regular retail-base model and then build out with the customized choices. It's like Pimp My Shirt. But since I was interested in finding someone to make a garment that hugged my contours as well as satisfied my whims, I headed to Seize sur Vingt, a small men's boutique that promised to make me a shirt from scratch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Cuff Above | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

Barbara Kingsolver understands that human life boils down to three basic essentials—birth, death, and sex. Kingsolver’s “Prodigal Summer” is a 444-page celebration of both the wildness that unites humans with the natural world and the deep emotional capacity that make us unique...

Author: By Madeline K.B. Ross, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Prodigal Summer | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

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