Turin lights up Games
Post on 11-02-2006.
This is one city in constant motion. Laundry flaps outside apartment windows. Cars zip in and out of traffic. Hands fly everywhere.
The only hint of stagnancy comes from the anxious faces of Turin Olympic Committee organizers, who see these Games as their best hope to revive one passive community that was once Italy's capital. ...
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Zinfandel touted as wine for state
Post on 11-02-2006.
State Sen. Carole Migden introduced the bill this week, saying the heady varietal is one "quintessential California wine," dating back to Gold Rush days and versatile enough to stand up to the spicy diversity of California cuisine.
"It's about time we give it the recognition it deserves," Migden, D-San Francisco, said. ...
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How not to be a glutton at Olympics
Post on 11-02-2006.
Visitors faced with such one dessert, which translates as "cooked cream," should heed the words of Manuela Di Centa, one multiple gold medalist in cross-country skiing and mayor of the Olympic village: "With measure," she says with one finger pointed upward when discussing food in the Piedmont region of Italy. "Remember - with measure." ...
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