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BADLY MAGAZINE PEOPLE HOME MOVIES THE ARTS TV STYLE MONDAY 'April 15, 1991 SECTION At the fair, authors mix with their fans By Elaine Tait Inquirer Food Writer A hungry horde of food-loving Philadelphians crowded into Memorial Hall Saturday and yesterday for snacks, drinks, cooking information and an entertaining escape from the chilly weather. In the diverse crowd at the second Book and the Cook Fair were tots in strollers, dowagers complaining of being jostled, and large numbers of food-knowledgeable men insisting that they, not their wives, were the better cooks in the family. It also gave the attendees a chance to meet some of their favorite authors. And one of the universal favorites was Jeff Smith, television's Frugal Gourmet. He was surrounded by fans who could only be called doting.

They waited patiently for up to an hour to have the aproned star of PBS cooking series sign copies of Our Immigrant Ancestors: Recipes You Should Have Gotten from Your Grandmother, Smith seemed undaunted by the crush; he laughed, signed, asked people their names and listened patiently while being told for the nth time, "I never miss your show." The $7 ticket also brought the bearer a day of free samples that ranged from a sip of strawberry-scented sweet vinegar, offered by Malvern's Apple Pie Farms, to dabs (See FAIR on 7-E) Tne Prwaoeiptiia inquirer MyRNA luDwiG Author and television personality Jeff Smith, the Frugal Gourmet, is surrounded by fans at a booth in Memorial Hall. He attended the event Saturday. Tasting Philadelphia Visitors to the seventh annual Book and the Cook festival discover the city in addition to its restaurants. 1 1 1 flafeg ii iiaft MfiflBff33 By Gerald Etter Marter the Reading Terminal Market there was re anu maruynn i Inquirer Food Writers and Marilynn laxed" chicken, while the University Museum was the place to be for beer. would never have gone to Cafe Einstein on our own, but we went because the dinner seemed interesting, and we were very pleased," said Lila Milford of Marion, who, with friends Joan Senecal and Ann Hanley, both of Indianapolis, traveled 750 miles to participate in the event.

The Indiana contingent turned up again at Bookbinders Sea Food House, where Ruth and Skitch Henderson were the featured cookbook authors Friday evening. The women's itinerary included Reading Terminal Market loved Martin Yan," said Hanley. "He's a great showman," Senecal added), antiquing, a trolley tour, tea at the Hotel Atop the Bellevue quintessence of and And Memorial Hall was jammed as thousands sampled the best of Pennsylvania's culinary specialties. These were just a few of dozens of events during the four-day Book and the Cook extravaganza. The seventh annual food frenzy, which pairs cookbook authors with area restaurants, concluded yesterday.

Yesterday also was the last day of the two-day Book and the Cook Fair at Author Carol Field (left) with her host the fair at Memorial Hall. Author Jessica Harris works with Montserrat chef Denise Heisler. Memorial Hall, one of several offshoots of Claire DiLullo of DiLullo Centro. it wasn only tne visitors wno got to tour Philadelphia. For several authors, it the city-sponsored event.

many know what it is, and that they're was a chance to sample Philadelphia first- "I have the reeling that even alter the first year, most people really didn't know really proud of it. It something that hand. Author Hugh Carpenter spent part of what the Book and the cook was," said snows on tne Lenore Berson. director of special proi- Three women from Indiana would Saturday in Chinatown looking for fresh ects for the city. "They just came to the agree with Berson.

water chestnuts for the guacamole he was restaurants. But now, I really feel that so "We three square women probably (See BOOK on 7-E) ii ft) forms of cancer apparently kill farmers more than other people? A three-year, $2.1 million National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health-funded study in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin will attempt to learn whether limited health insurance or distance from hospitals could be delaying examinations or treatment. A 1980 study found farmers die of lip cancer 2.06 times more than other people, and that farmers also had higher death rates from stomach and prostate cancer, leukemia, multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkins lymphoma. MIXED SIGNALS From the do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do department: We just received a copy of The Learning Annex Guide to Eliminating Clutter From Your Life in the mail. The softcover book came in a cardboard box chock-full of foam packing doodads, which definitely can create clutter.

By Marc Schogol Compiled from reports from Inquirer wire services. A big Yes A for Electric 5 Factory By Tom Moon Inquirer Music Critic Yesshows '91, the concert tour that began in Atlantic City Friday and will reach the Spectrum tomorrow night, is a new kind of rock-and-roll gamble for Electric Factory Concerts. For the first time in its history, the promotion outfit (EFC) which has dominated Philadelphia's poxconcert scene since the mid-'70s, and in recent years has successfully launched traveling theatrical presentations is producing an entire rock tour. With the move, EFC joins the small circle of North American promoters considered by superstar groups as they turn, increasingly, to a single company to oversee an extended tour. Subtitled "Around the World in 80 Dates," the Yes extravaganza reunites eight longtime members of the influential art-rock band for arena performances in North America and Europe.

Electric Factory will standardize advertising and promotion of each of the band's shows 53 are scheduled so far, with more to come and will arrange details with the regional promoters it has signed on as partners. EFC head Larry Magid says his company's participation which is much like the Toronto-based BCL Group's handling of recent tours by the Rolling Stones, Paul Simon and David Bowie was the result of a (See TOUR on 10-E) Ohio gallery a year after police raid Doubts and money woes follow acquittal on obscenity charges. By Stephan Salisbury Inquirer Stall Writer On April 7, 1990, a cool and cloudy day in Cincinnati, one of the more remarkable events in American art history took place. Deputies from the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department and members of the city's vice squad marched into the jammed Contemporary Arts Center, where a controversial exhibition of Robert Mapple-thorpe photographs had just opened to the public. To the amazement of hundreds of gallery-goers, the officers forced everyone out and then videotaped the show, including several images of homosexual and sadomasochistic sex acts and two photographs of nude and partially nude children.

The police were collecting evidence for possible use at a trial. For the first time in the United States, a museum and its director were charged with criminal violations of obscenity laws. A year after the historic raid, the Mapplethorpe show, which originated at the University of Pennsylvania's Institute of Contemporary Art, has completed its national tour. In its wake, it has left a still-potent controversy over obscenity, censorship and federal arts policy. (The National En-(See MUSEUM on 7-E) BUT THE CLOCK You've got till midnight to file your federal tax return.

What happens if you don't? If you're due a refund, not much right away except you won't get your money. If you must pay, you could be liable for a penalty and interest. The penalty generally is 5 percent of the amount due for each full or partial month the return is late. Interest is charged on the penalty, and there is another penalty of 0.5 percent of the unpaid amount per month. A PITCH FOR MODERATION Parents and coaches take note: A talented teenage pitcher can ruin his or her arm and career by pitching too much.

"The more you pitch, the more likely the difficulty," says Arthur M. Pappas, part-owner of the Boston Red Sox and chairman of the department of orthopedics at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Pitchers 13 to 17 face the greatest risk, he reports in the magazine the Physician and Sportsmedicine. LIFE SUPPORT Most people with relatives in irreversible comas visit them at least several times a week and wouldn't end life support. So say Medical College of Wisconsin researchers, whose report on 33 relatives of patients ages 19 to 95 at four nursing homes was published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

DEATH CJi THE FARM Why do some generally rare IKPEX The Arts 3-E Television 5-E Film review: Out for Justice 4-E Music reviews: Annabouboula 10-E Christopher Parkening 3-E David Murray 4-E Joe Sample 4 Walter Burle Marx tribute 3-E mmmmmmm Special to The inquirer ROB CLARK Dennis Barrie, director of Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center, where a Robert Mapplethorpe exhibit was raided. 1.