Word: asepticism
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Throw away that corkscrew. This month U.S. wine producer Three Thieves releases Bandit Bianco, an Italian white, in a 1L brick. It is the first widely marketed varietal wine in the U.S. to be packaged in Tetra Pak aseptic cartons--layers of polyethylene, paper and aluminum foil more commonly associated...
At the onset of the '80s, Don Henley was sitting behind the drums of the Eagles, a colossally successful Los Angeles band with a lot of hits behind it and a future of guaranteed disintegration. There was a fair portion of intramural rivalry among band members. There was also a...
A place called Macondo begins cropping up in the stories, as do the names of some who have figured prominently and mysteriously in its history: Colonel Aureliano Buendia, JoséArcadio Buendia. The village-universe of One Hundred Years of Solitude makes brief, embryonic appearances. Big Mama's Funeral...
Milk producers are hoping that aseptics can help them regain some of the market share they have been steadily losing to other beverages. Dairymen, Inc., an 8,000-member cooperative based in Louisville, is now selling whole and low-fat milk in the new packs, as well as such flavored...
In the future, Americans are likely to find all sorts of things coming in aseptic packages. The Japanese drink sake out of aseptic containers, and Frenchmen quaff vin ordinaire from them. Without straws, naturellement. ∎