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messy situation. Never try to avoid a
If someone should comment,
he triumph of mind over
problem
by
popping
the
entire
piece
"Why,
you hardly seem to be eating at
platter — that's the key to
into
your
mouth;
this
violates
the
rule
all,"
merely
smile and say, "Well ..."
dieting, which seems to be a
of
casualness
that
must
accompany
No
other
comment
could hold such a
weighty subject today.
toothpicking.
Besides,
a
wealth
of
meaning.
0
One way to fight a win-
mouth
crammed
with
knish
ning battle — as far as how it
gives the look of mumps
looks to others — is all in
and
may cause a stir among
the use of a toothpick! That's
the
other
guests.
right, that small wooden or
Please
note that it is
\astic spear that comes with
by Martha Jo Fleischmann
almost
impossible
to deli-
many hors d'oeuvres at a
cately mold chopped liver
parry.
"I lived in this apple discreetly,"
onto a toothpick. Be sure to
Today's lesson will concern
A worm said,
sample
this
delight
while
how to eat your fill at a parry
"enjoying
life sweetly
you still have your plate.
and yet appear to have barely
SY MAN ELLO
Warning: Never try to
touched a thing. If you
Some kid takes a nosh'
Edit orial
spear
an item of food while
doubt the efficacy of this,
On my Macintosh,
Assi stant
looking the other way. This
feel free to verify with my
And
now I'm bagrubben**
does not increase your air of
riend Dr. Mark Roth, with-
completely!"
nonchalance and it does pose a poten-
ut whom these practices would never
tial hazard if someone should be
have come about.
*nibble
backed
up to the table at the time.
When you first arrive at a buffet
'Idiomatic-sunk
Practice
short,
quick
darting
party or reception, be sure to scope
Literal-buried
motions and you can pig out and
out the food tables so that a plan can
never give yourself away.
be formulated. Try to be among the
first through the line; take a small
plate and arrange only a sampling of
foods. Be sure to select something that
comes on or with a toothpick — this
r s a must.
I Once you have emptied your plate,
"I hope from my mouth to God's ears."
you are ready for the serious stuff.
—Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit President Robert Naftaly,
Leave your seat, taking with you only
in concluding his opinion that a cooperative spirit among Detroit rabbis
the toothpick. Establish a nonchalant
is a key reason why conflict among the various streams of Judaism is
air somewhere in the vicinity of the
greater nationally than locally.
next delicacy you wish to sample.
When you spot it, casually spear it
"Israel's past is overshadowed by the present. The 50-year achievement is
and delicately pop it into your mouth
unmatched. But the problems Israel faces today — especially as they relate to
\or nibble at it as it remains impaled
peace
and pluralism — are enormous."
/ on the toothpick.
—Ismar Schorsch, chancellor, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York.
There are many foods that may be
manipulated in this way: olives —
When I was young we used to tell women, Your eyes are like two cups of
both black and green, though the
Turkish coffee,' and I'm sure this will still go on."
non-pitted ones may pose some minor
—Likud Knesset member Ruby Rivlin on his support of Israel's recent
crisis — pickles, crudites, small pieces
passage of one of the world's toughest sexual harassment laws, despite
of meat or chicken, knishes. The latter
opposition that the new law will kill romance.
must be approached carefully or the
filling may squirt out making for a_

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