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...nonessential surgery has been postponed in Hong Kong and Toronto, so that the overburdened health-care systems can handle the costly and time-consuming treatment of SARS victims. Panic is erupting in usually placid Canada, where Chinese restaurateurs are now having to convince nervous patrons that eating moo shu pork doesn't cause the disease and local radio shows are fielding calls asking whether Caucasians are immune to the virus. (Of course...
...islands overflow with crunchy jicamas, ripe papayas and dozens of varieties of chili peppers, from fiery serranos to sweet chipotles. The aroma of freshly made tortillas wafts from the bakery. Butchers serve up not only standard cuts of beef, poultry and fish but also Mexican specialties like the spicy pork sausage chorizo and carnitas, shreds of pork that are browned to make the ultimate tacos...
...serving up the hearty peasant fare that Beijingers remember from their enforced exile in the countryside. Brahm's approach is far tonier. His Red Capital Club boasts Zhongnanhai cuisine?the preferred dishes of the Party ?lite who lived in Beijing's government enclave. Mao's favorite meal, red roast pork with bitter melon, is on the menu, as is Deng's family recipe for chicken. (That dish comes garnished with black- and white-cat sculptures?carved out of beets and turnips?in honor of Deng's famous economic axiom: It doesn't matter if the cat is black or white...
...local department of motor vehicles to offer driving tests in the many languages of Army wives, like Korean. They instruct families about what not to stick in the care packages they send over: any overtly religious books or objects likely to give offense to Kuwaiti Muslims, any pork products, any magazine with revealing pictures of women, whether it's Maxim or Vogue; absolutely no alcohol...
...shoppers on both sides of the Rio Grande, the U.S. and Mexico on Jan. 1 eliminated most of their remaining tariffs on agricultural products, under provisions of the NAFTA accord. But many of Mexico's farmers are trying to stem the flood of heavily subsidized U.S. produce, especially apples, pork and chicken parts. Last month thousands of Mexican protesters threatened to block border crossings, and a few burst into their country's Congress on horseback. U.S. poultry producers, concerned that Mexico will erect such nontariff barriers as additional health inspections on chicken, have worked with U.S. officials to offer...