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Jan. 13th, 2007
http://www.radaronline.com/features/2007/01/betting_on_iraq_1.php
William S. Lind? Why have I not heard of him?
William S. Lind? Why have I not heard of him?
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Jan. 13th, 2007 09:35 amWine Tastings Loosen Up. Butter Pecan With That Cabernet?
By KRISTINA SHEVORY
Wielding Kitchen Knives and Honing Office Skills
By KATIE HAFNER
By KRISTINA SHEVORY
Andrew Sia wanted to find a sommelier who would lecture to his wine tasting club, but was not sure he could afford it. Then there was the matter of the ice cream.
In addition to enjoying wine, Mr. Sia, 34, fancies making his own frozen sorbets and ice creams. Though it seemed to him a natural fit to pair the two, he suspected a wine consultant might not agree.
“Our first concern was that it was going to be stuffy,” Mr. Sia said. “We wanted this to be more of a party.”
Hesitantly, he and his wife, Evangeline, approached Nancy’s Wines for Food, a wine shop on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. After meeting Jason Spingarn at Nancy’s Wines, they quickly relaxed. Mr. Spingarn’s easygoing demeanor was a relief, Mr. Sia said, and Mr. Spingarn immediately warmed to the challenge of a wine-ice cream matchup. Better yet, it would cost only $375 for 15 people — far less than they had thought.
They tasted some wines and Mr. Spingarn eventually chose nine red, white, dessert and sparkling bottles for an October tasting at their TriBeCa loft. Mr. Spingarn would bring, for example, a German gewürztraminer to pair with Mr. Sia’s pear-ginger sorbet and a New Zealand sauvignon blanc to go with his golden kiwi sorbet. More
Wielding Kitchen Knives and Honing Office Skills
By KATIE HAFNER
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12 — Steve Jakosa, leader of the Emerald Palace cooking team, took off his apron and sat down to enjoy his dinner when the bad news came. His team’s Mongolian beef had lost.
Across the room at a Sur La Table store here, the victors, the Wok Stars, cheered over their triumphant sweet soy and chili flank steak. It was a cook-off with decidedly corporate overtones as the group of amateur chefs from UBS, the financial services company, divided into teams and donned aprons recently one night after work.
Mr. Jakosa stood to make a toast. “I just want to tell you I’m devastated we didn’t win the protein category,” he said in jest. More
He’s in the Bunker Now
Jan. 13th, 2007 08:33 pmOp-Ed Columnist
He’s in the Bunker Now
By FRANK RICH
He’s in the Bunker Now
By FRANK RICH
PRESIDENT BUSH always had one asset he could fall back on: the self-confidence of a born salesman. Like Harold Hill in “The Music Man,” he knew how to roll out a new product, however deceptive or useless, with conviction and stagecraft. What the world saw on Wednesday night was a defeated Willy Loman who looked as broken as his war. His flop sweat was palpable even if you turned down the sound to deflect despair-inducing phrases like “Prime Minister Maliki has pledged ...” and “Secretary Rice will leave for the region. ...” More (If you have Times Select)