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...chopped parsley, olive oil, garlic and spices. On a Saturday night at Versailles, the undisputed palace of Cuban cooking in the heart of Little Havana, Anglo couples slurp mamey milk shakes made from a sweet tropical fruit, while Cuban workmen just off the swing shift savor the fresh roast pork, sweet fried plantains and black beans...
...folks in Des Moines pigged out last week, quite literally. An estimated 35,000 people gathered at the Iowa State Fairgrounds for "The Great Pork BarbeQlossal," and in a single day consumed 13 tons of barbecued pork served by 100 amateur and professional barbecue cooks who were competing for more than $20,000 in prizes...
...feast kicked off the first World Pork Expo trade show, organized by the National Pork Producers Council as part of a campaign to boost pork's popularity. Last year U.S. pork consumption was up only 1.6%, to 7.5 million tons, compared with chicken's 9% rise, to 9.5 million tons. Nonetheless, the producers were encouraged by the BarbeQlossal turnout. They say the feast will make the Guinness Book of World Records. The category: "Largest Single-Day Barbecue Serving...
...Democrats accountable for Wright's actions. But it's not a question of whether Dukakis or any other Democratic candidate has any ties to Wright. The simple fact of the matter is that Wright has not broken any federal laws. He has only engaged in some good old-fashioned pork-barrelling...
...markets had few points of connection or conflict in the old days when Chicago stuck to its traditional business of trading futures in such commodities as soybeans, corn and pork bellies. But since 1972, when its markets began trading futures contracts based on Treasury bills and currencies, Chicago has produced an explosion of new financial instruments. Chicago's three major markets (the Board of Trade, Mercantile Exchange and Board Options Exchange) now trade futures and options based on everything from Eurodollars to municipal-bond indexes...