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...pieces on display at the Fogg. Traces of solder mark every metal juncture on these pieces--even in the monumentally minimalistic "5 1/2" (1956). Stung by several critics' refusal to consider pieces created by industrial welding as art, Smith persistently defended his technique. The fancifully chaotic composition of "Bird" (1957) further evokes the spirit of an artist unwilling to bow to convention...
...months, occasionally in the median strips of rural interstate highways. But they get through winters, or don't, foraging for barberries, rose hips, wild apples, sumac, juniper, sedges and fern. What they really like is corn wastage at winter-bound dairy farms and sunflower seeds policed from beneath suburban bird feeders...
Years of selective breeding have produced turkeys that are nothing but cooking pouches with legs. You rub the bird's inside with lemon, stuff it with bread dressing seasoned with sage and tarragon and jazzed up with chunks of sausage and nuts and wild rice, shove it in a hot oven; meanwhile, you whomp up yams and spuds and bake your pies. The dirty little secret of the dinner is melted animal fats: in all the recipes, somewhere it says, "Melt a quarter-pound of butter...
...fancy dishes you slaved over that became disasters, big dishes that were lost in the late innings. Here's roast turkey, which tastes great, and all you do is baste. You melt butter, you nip at the wine, and when the turkey is done, you seat everyone, carve the bird, sing the doxology and pass the food...
...outsiders may hear the song, and armed guards are protecting the E.M.I. pressing plant in Jacksonville, Florida. But on Nov. 21, Free as a Bird will be issued as part of The Beatles Anthology Volume 1, a double album that Martin assembled from early (1958-64) outtakes--including unreleased songs, variations of familiar ones and banter from studio sessions. Free as a Bird and another collaborative effort, Real Love, will be heard on a three-night, six-hour TV show, also called The Beatles Anthology, that abc will air starting this Sunday. After all these years, and despite all their...