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...July night, the result of all that investigation and inspiration took the form of spherified olives that, when put in the mouth, exploded with a gush of intensely flavored olive oil. The liquid yolk of a quail's egg came wrapped in a hard, burnished shell tasting of candy. Citrus pulp turned into a tangy risotto...
Normally, urate levels are primarily controlled by diet, entering the body via the breakdown of a class of organic compounds known as purines. Alcohol, beans, red meat, and some citrus fruits are some examples of common foods that contain purines, according to Weisskopf...
...Monday night, the result of all that investigation and inspiration took the form of "spherified" olives that, when put in the mouth, exploded with a gush of intensely flavored olive oil. The liquid yolk of a quail's egg came wrapped in a hard burnished shell tasting of candy. Citrus pulp turned into a tangy risotto. An utterly normal-looking raspberry, dotted with wasabi, turned out to be crisp and fragile on the outside, and bursting with hot juice on the inside...
...that food costs more are simple: most of what we eat is shipped great distances, and gas is spectacularly expensive. Also, demand for ethanol has caused the price of corn to spike, and thousands of processed foods contain derivatives like high-fructose corn syrup. Finally, millions of pounds of citrus froze in California this year; oranges cost nearly a third more in May than they did in May 2006. Climbing food prices sound scary, and reporters have filed a spate of alarmist stories about "soaring" grocery bills (Good Morning America) that are "way up" (CNN) and causing "sticker shock...
...interesting data on each side of this. What does seem to happen is that when there's a reduction in low-wage workers, companies tend to develop technologies to compensate. Tomato farmers genetically engineered tougher skins so tomatoes could be picked by machine, for example. And citrus growers are starting to do the same things...