carbo loading

"I think I understand," he said and walked over and stood behind the table where the bruisers were carbo loading on linguine with clams.

"I'm loading up, carbo loading for the weekend," Mr. Bush said as vanilla custard dripped off his hand.

"You want to talk drugs, let's start with carbo loading," says Wayne DeMilia, this least-known commissioner in sports, watching me shovel down pasta.

When pasta was merely spaghetti, and "carbo loading" was more an indulgence of the fat than the fit, most pasta makers could only hope to sell their products locally.

Richard Virenque was carbo loading at a late breakfast this morning, dousing his spaghetti with olive oil after he had downed several chunks of baguette with jam, when he consented to a small audience.

Good for pre-game carbo loading or post-game relaxing breakfasts, the pancakes ($2.60) are fluffy and rich and the lightly scrambled eggs ($2.10) are the stabilizing protein balance to set the day right.