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We’re seated in a small booth along the wall, and immediately (and I do mean immediately) get asked about beverages. In the spirit of trying new things, I order po cha, which is hot black tea with milk, butter and salt—a profoundly satisfying staple meant to counter those brutally cold Tibetan winters...
Over two trips, I ordered so many entrees, all of which ranged from about $9 to $13: chura po tsel, beautifully sautéed spinach and tender golden tofu, tossed in a light ginger and garlic sauce, phing tsel, wonderfully hearty noodles made of beans and served with spinach and potatoes...
...muted - the announcement was swiftly followed by rises in local taxes and taxes on diesel fuel and cigarettes. "People feel it's just a game: what the government gives with one hand, it takes with the other," says Elie Cohen, an economist and professor at Sciences Po, a Paris graduate research institute. "That creates a credibility problem." The government clearly botched the announcement of the new taxes, but Cirelli insists taxpayers still end up ahead. And the government bravely stands by Chirac's vow to reduce income tax by 30% before 2007 as a way - "a little bit American," Cirelli...
...websites like www. hipstersareannoying.com to prove it), they're a discrete posse, ages 20 to 35, with their own set of cultural emblems. If preppies had Nantucket and duck decoys, this bunch has Los Angeles' Eastside, nu-new wave, vintage, Clarks (the shoes), Larry Clark (the director), hi-lo, po-mo, irony and iPods...
...McNally's latest New York City restaurant--a Lower East Side dive called Schiller's Liquor Bar. McNally promises there will be no VIP reservation lines, only "outcasts and layabouts." "It's a place where anyone can go," he says. The equally accessible menu features everything from fried-oyster po' boys to pork chops, all for less than...