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THE NEWS 8t OBSERVER FRIDAY JANUARY 17 2003 What gives? Beth and Carolyn on confusing relations Advice 6E Check it Out 2E Comics puzzles 10E Movie listings What's Up Television 8E mai Isom Weekend Gourmet: Fred Thompson on Coq au Vim PAGE 2E Seeking 'Justice': Erin Brockovich turns TV host PAGE 9E OP 9 COMING SATURDAY Beautiful Carolina gardens in winter HOME El Religious and moral issues news and personalities every Friday Find more inside starting on page 3E TELEVISION 4 rmi 1:) What gives? 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Parizade Georges restaurant-bar-market ir Garage and Yin Rouge in Durham FILE PHOTO Chef Giorgios Bakatsias restaurant-bar-market in FILE PHOTO i i 7 4114: 1 4 -1 4t 4A '4 4' 4 70vI Aq10: i0k 4 vo 1t it410t ik 1 I' 'do' -4' I vIre4" -i ow 1 k4 -( A -14 ot oP --t-4V 7 4 it I BY KELLY STARLING-LYONS STAFF WRITER a day that a nation clenched its fists and cried for vengeance Tom Munk prayed for peace On Sept 11 2001 he thought about the thousands who died and how President Bush might respond Then he helped organize a silent walk through Chapel Hill "In a sense September 11 energized me" said Munk a 44-yearold father of two "I felt this need to witness to the nation that a peaceful response would bring the end of war rather than the violent response the nation was planning" His Quaker faith teaches that God is in every person He never gives up on anyone has a new Chapel Hill SEE PEACE PAGE 4E POP CULTURE When the flakes are fake Snow scenes on TV sometimes rely on instant potatoes Back to the future Est! Est! Est! the restaurant that pretty much introduced frothy cappuccino and fresh pasta to donwn Raleigh back in the 1980s has returned to its old location at the comer of Hargett and Salisbury streets after a six-year hiatus And this time the restaurant will actually include the comer formerly occupied by a discount broker owner Nick Rossicci Rossicci will operate two restaurants in the 5400- square-feet space Est-Presto located in the former home of SouperNatural serves breakfast from 7 to 10 am and lunch from 10 am to 2:30 pm weekdays Est! Est! Est! will occupy the larger space across the lobby serving lunch and dinner from 10 am to 10 pm Monday through Saturday Call 821-8400 or 890-4500 Ile menu is pretty much the same as it was six years ago Rossicd says But we do have more pastas and choices of sauces? In a nod to the dty's newest sports heroes the restaurant will feature a Hurricanes Room with "a round table like a hockey puck? Est! Est! Est! will offer daily specials lots of seafood and -all kinds of different things' induding his own lobster ravioli fresh mozzarella and a wide variety of desserts he says rior 1 4 4 -4- if '-44L441t----1 ''i i 'k4 I 11 41 I A 'i OA fl "1111- -41-' I I tl i ''''it 4' 0 ll A tipAbk- --It II -1 -I -1 WV 4 -ow1 '1 i I VTLF -J5 fl 7 7 cranes that sprinkle down flakes Industrial fans called "'Utters" in the industry after their inventor keep the flakes aloft From afar the effect looks just like idealized snow Up dose however potato flakes look like potato flakes They don't melt when they land on a person or on the ground And they have a way of turning into potatoes The cast of "ER" once found itself sloshing through mashed potatoes when it rained during filming Snow it turns out is a big production worry for TV studios these BY EMMY NELSON THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Aspecial-effects whiz in Holly- wood Howard Jensen can create fireball explosions and make cars look riddled with bullets But his current job to create falling snow for TV shows such as "Boston Public is one of the hardest he says So he turned to potato flakes Turn on the TV and that gentle romantic snow falling is quite likely the same stuff sold at the supermarket for making mashed potatoes Props crews can easily load the potato flakes into rolling drums on As Dr Corday (Alex Kingston) and Dr Benton (Erig La Salle) begin their goodbye on 'ER: a fluffy snow falls It's fake SEE NOTES PAGE 7E SEE SNOW PAGE 7E.