Beef Curry, Quite Rare By Abby Mandel, Mandel's latest book is "Celebrating the Midwestern Table" (Doubleday & Co., 1996)
Where the Locals Eat Fire and Ash By Steven Raichlen, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Raichlen is the author of "High-Flavor, Low-Fat Vegetarian Cooking" (Viking, 1995)
Ice and Spice By Charity Ferreira, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Noodles With Crunch By Donna Deane, Deane is director of the Times Test Kitchen
When the Enemy Is 'Them,' Watch Out By Robert S. Mcelvaine, Robert S. McElvaine is a professor at Millsaps College, Jackson, Miss. He is completing a book on sex and history
Crown of Excess Rests by the Bay, Not Tinseltown By Dan Schnur, Dan Schnur, a Republican commentator and analyst, is a former Los Angeles resident who lives in San Francisco. He was not at Davis' party