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...brought that unaffected Italian sensibility to downtown Manhattan. (He also needlessly added an accent mark to the name of Italy's Po River.) "He was doing some things so simple--things like affogato, which is gelato [Italian ice cream] with a shot of espresso in it. It's a classic in Italian restaurants, but I had never seen it in the U.S. And there it was in the menu at Pò," says Faith Willinger, author of Eating in Italy and a leading expert on Italian cuisine. "I took one look at his menu and had immediate respect...
...market, while the once invincible colas have lost their crown. "Carbonated beverages are in serious trouble," says Tom Pirko, president of BevMark, an industry consulting firm. Shipments of soda slipped 0.7% in 2005, says Beverage Digest--the first annual decline in 20 years. Coca-Cola's flagship, Coke Classic, was down 2%; Pepsi-Cola fell 3.2%. And soda is absorbing some of the blame for America's obesity. A study released in early March linked soda to teenage weight gain. Meanwhile, other sweetened drinks have largely escaped criticism and instead are touting their health benefits. "You can't swing...
...family through a radical three-week boot camp that makes for high drama. (Because really, what better motivation to eat well than watching a kid throw up rice and bok choy?) The beauty of Honey is that it wraps its voyeuristic fatsploitation in sanctimony. Dr. Hark is a classic media moralist in the tradition of Judge Judy and Dr. Laura--curt and no nonsense. (Could Dickens have come up with a better name for a TV scold than Dr. Hark?) After a few minutes of her lecturing--"They are on a downward spiral toward disaster!"--I was ready...
...Quirinale hill accepts visitors until 7 p.m. Sun.-Thurs. and 9:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat., and has good modern-art exhibits and arguably the best view of the city from its exiting stairway. With an appetite revved for Roman food, get a steaming plate of bucatini all'amatriciana, a classic pasta with bacon, at Matricianella on Campo Marzio. Plop down Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort...
...Phaidon Design Classics A comprehensive guide to classic design, this three-volume set presents 999 products ranging from a pair of Chinese household scissors from the early 1600s to Michael Graves' 9093 Whistling Kettle commissioned by Alessi in 1985. The set comes in a custom-designed carrying case...