BY MARK SCHLEIFSTEIN c. 2006 Newhouse News S ervice NEW ORLEANS -- As more and more residents return to their flooded homes, they're having to reclaim their urban and suburban realms from nature, in all its creeping, crawling, slithering grandeur.
A SCOTTISH chef was yesterday crowned the best in the UK by his peers but then criticised the food on offer at most of the country's restaurants as "pretty dire".