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...author is as handy with richesses like sweet-sour duck with cherries as she is with simplicities like fruit flans and potato gnocchi (which originated in Provence, not Italy). Her anthology of country stews-meat, fish and game-is thorough, as is her catalogue raisonné of cheeses. Some of the most luscious of all regional dishes are sweet: the fruity pound cake of the Loire, the tangy tartlets of Rouen and the fritters from the Alps known as pets de nonne (the name suggests they are gaseous). Willan also serves up historical tidbits. For example: Proust's madeleines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Born to Eat Their Words | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

Coconuts--Wednesday at 3 and 7:15 p.m.; with Horsefeathers at 12:30, 4:40 and 8:55 p.m.; and Duck Soup...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: harvard square | 11/19/1981 | See Source »

Both the faculty and students felt that Christmas vacation was a "lame duck period" that breaks down educational continuity, Hilary A. Schneider, a member of the undergraduate council of students, said yesterday, adding that "students are generally pleased" with the calendar reform...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Brown University Adopts Calendar Reform Proposal | 11/7/1981 | See Source »

THEATER: "Duck Hunting"; B.U. Theater, Studio 210; Tuesday and Wednesday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: b.u. | 10/15/1981 | See Source »

Close Up #1; Opening--The screen suddenly lights up with an opening cartoon at the Brattle. It is a Daffy Duck cartoon. In 1955 the Brattle was a real theater, staging a lot of "classics" for the college crowd. Live actors. Live audiences. It has diminished somewhat...

Author: By Thomas Hines, | Title: Two American Actors | 10/15/1981 | See Source »

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