[Skip banner] [Home][Sources][How Do I?][Overview][Help] [Return To Search Form][FOCUS][printdoc][emaildoc] Search Terms: haiku, Cho [Document List][Expanded List][KWIC][FULL format currently displayed] [Previous Document] Document 9 of 18. [Next Document] Copyright 1998 Star Tribune Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) November 4, 1998, Metro Edition SECTION: Pg. 1T LENGTH: 521 words HEADLINE: FYI; Lovely luncheon loaf BODY: Love to smile at SPAM, and fond of Japanese verse? You should read "SPAM-ku." In a gift-book jam? You certainly could do worse; though some bits are blue. Yes, SPAM-ku is a small book of haiku - or senryu (same 5-7-5 form, broader subject range) - all about the pink luncheon loaf from Austin, Minn. The editor selected the book's 162 examples from a SPAM-ku Web site he manages, where there are thousands: http://pemtropics.mit.edu/ jcho/spam. Hormel consented to the book's use of its trademark as long as the firm could screen out any SPAM-ku it really hated, but quite a few rather adult verses remain. Here are three G-rated favorites: Ate three cans of SPAM, But there's still room for Jell-O. I love this country. In the cabinet it lurks, unseen, forgotten . . . Then you move the soup. Black cat drags about his pink, purloined bite of SPAM like an extra tongue. "SPAM-ku: Tranquil Reflections on Luncheon Loaf," edited by John Nagamichi Cho. HarperPerennial. $ 7.95. 88 pages. This week Suddenly it's 1962 A jumbo shrimp cocktail appetizer for $ 2.50 sound like a pretty good deal? Today through Nov. 15, the Rosewood Room restaurant, on the seventh floor of the Crowne Plaza Northstar Hotel, 618 2nd Av. S., Minneapolis, is celebrating its 36th anniversary by posting 1962 prices on ten of its menu items. Other examples: Roast rack of lamb, $ 8; cup of wild rice soup, 75 cents. In addition, the restaurant is sponsoring a "Remember When Contest," asking folks to submit a story (150 words or less) about a special experience they had at the Rosewood Room. Grand prize winner gets a weekend trip for two to New York City. Accompanying photos will get extra credit and can be returned. Drop entries at the Rosewood Room or mail them to "Remember When Contest," Rosewood Room, Crowne Plaza Northstar Hotel, 618 2nd Av. S., Minneapolis, MN 55402. Move fast for Slow Food This one sneaked up on us, so unless you're really impetuous it's too late to head for the Slow Food Movement's Salone Del Gusto food exhibition in Turin, Italy Thursday through Monday. Billed as "the largest gourmets' emporium of the century," the event includes 154 taste workshops; 50 meal sessions with celebrated chefs; 300 food purveyors; 2,000 wines for tasting; cooking classes; tastings, conferences and more. But you could start thinking about the next Slow Food events, VinItaly next April in Venice, and the world's largest cheese expo in Bra, Italy, next September. The Slow Food Movement, founded in 1986, promotes local cooking styles and small food producers and, a spokesman said, seeks to combat "the bad effects of eating and running, microwaves and drive-throughs . . . by bringing conviviality back to the table." Check out http://www.slowfood.com. Comments To reach the Taste staff, call 612-673-4483, fax 612-673-7568, write to Taste, Star Tribune, 425 Portland Av. S., Minneapolis, MN 55488, or e-mail taste@gw.startribune.com. - Lee Svitak Dean, food editor - Al Sicherman, reporter - Diane Osby, news assistant GRAPHIC: Photograph; Photograph; Photograph; Cartoon; Cartoon LOAD-DATE: November 5, 1998 [Previous Document] Document 9 of 18. [Next Document] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [FOCUS] Search Terms: haiku, Cho To narrow your search, please enter a word or phrase: [About LEXIS-NEXIS® Academic Universe] [Terms and Conditions] [Top of Page] Copyright © 2001, LEXIS-NEXIS®, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All Rights Reserved.