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Fussell's strength is her energy. On her cross-country trek the author covers scores of local cuisines and the locals who make them: "In Greensboro they were talking rice and gravy but I didn't know it because in the Carolinas nobody calls rice 'rice.' Down in Charleston they...
Totally self-effacing in the interests of her material, Elizabeth Schneider has written what may be the timeliest and most truly helpful book of the year. Uncommon Fruits and Vegetables (Harper & Row; $25) covers in detail all the exotic fruits and vegetables now appearing in produce departments across the country...
With so many strange new mushrooms popping up on produce counters, the Leibenstein book is a welcome little treatise. It covers buying, storing, cleaning and cooking all types of edible fungi from boletes to shiitakes, and the recipes range from appetizers through main courses. Most welcome of all is her...
It should have been obvious, though, that the U.S. dealings with Iran would continue to bear fruit only so long as they were kept secret -- and that no maneuvers so momentous could be held under cover very long. In retrospect it is astonishing that so few people knew anything for...
The military troubles take place at a time of growing economic conflicts between the U.S. and the region. American protectionism, which is likely to become stronger now that the Democrats control both houses of Congress, has many Asians worried. Fears abound that the U.S. will seal off American markets, costing...