The loser can be hard to foresee

Henri Poincare, a French polymath who died in 1912, said, "It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all."

A mania for meat

When I was in middle school, my classmates and I used to like to have dinner at a barbecue restaurant near our campus.

There's more to American food than burgers and french fries

Take the words "American" and "food", and you have the ingredients for a popular misconception: In the United States the cooking lessons ended once the burgers, French fries and ketchup hit the table.

My days in England

Taiwan sojourn

Cathy Ervay's semi-memoir about the foods of her heritage is such a luminous homage to the cuisine of Taiwan, it's surprising to learn that it came about almost by accident.

'San bei' flavors a crowd pleaser

"I really love the san bei dishes - San Bei Ji (Three Cup Chicken), or San Bei Squid, or clams or eggplant," says The Food of Taiwan author Cathy Erway. "It has a flavor combination that I find irresistible, and I think it's so much fun that you can apply it to practically anything, like lamb or tofu and who knows what else.

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2015 WDSF World Open DanceSport Championship in Shenzhen

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Make declarer work for his winners

Fred Allen, a comedian who died in 1956, said, "A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well-known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized."

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The Marriage of Figaro in Beijing

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