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Such culinary adaptations started as soon as the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock and began trading recipes with the Pamet Indians. When Mayflower Passenger Edward Winslow was asked to aid the ailing big chief, Massasoit, he revived him with some English fruit jam. Perking up, Massasoit is reported to have asked for some "good English pottage," a soup he had already sampled, thus becoming, probably, the first American to order foreign food. Since then, immigrants have been arriving like guests at a covered-dish supper, contributing their specialties to the new communal table. The result is the world's most...
...toothpaste and soap be sent to the plane for Testrake, Zimmermann and the third crewman, First Officer Phillip Maresca of Salt Lake City. Every day, the hijackers called the control tower for food and newspapers, as if ordering from room service. "What's for lunch?" they asked. "Cheese and jam sandwiches," the tower replied on one occasion. "Oh, no," the hijacker complained. "No more cheese and jam sandwiches. We want meat, something with meat." Airport authorities reportedly sent 80 portions of chicken and rice, 80 salads and 80 coconut cakes to the plane. Later in the week, they sent...
Less decadent sounds and more dancing mingle at three chain-owned clubs--including Spit (10 Lansdowne St.)--all out by Fenway. The Paradise (967 Commonwealth Ave.) features consistent rock bands with ex-member of defunct The Jam, Bruce Foxton on July 11. The Metro (15 Landsdowne St.) has dancing, but disregard rumors that The Stanglers will be there this Thursday...
...difficulty in assembling a qualified staff. Because wary legislators made the news service part of the Voice of America, Radio Marti must comply with that agency's mandate to broadcast "accurate, objective and comprehensive" news. The first day's 14 1/2- hour broadcast, which Cuba tried unsuccessfully to jam, included a melodramatic soap opera, tunes from Pop Singer Julio Iglesias and an interview in Spanish with Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Tommy Lasorda, who claimed that the island would have had a major league baseball team by now if it were not a Communist country. Most observers agreed that Radio Marti...
...with a 24-foot- long buffet stacked with Kung Pao chicken, Szechwan fish and egg rolls to keep customers on their stools. In front of the Long Beach Hyatt Regency hotel flies a flag emblazoned with a giant banana: the "fruit of the month" served at the hotel's jam-packed juice bar. "We're discouraging all- you-can-drink offers and free shooters," says Jack Burk, vice president of public relations for the hotel chain. "The emphasis is on social occasions and lower-proof drinks...