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...recent years killer bees have been discovered in the U.S. on six occasions, most after hitching rides on cargo ships from Latin America. A swarm was uncovered last year on a ship in Cleveland. Several colonies have been discovered on ships in Texas; on one, the cook was using the bees for honey...
Separating the myths from the realities of cooking information can be as tricky as separating the yolks and whites of eggs. Does it really help to add salt to egg whites before beating them? Will searing meat seal in juices during the roasting? In fact, performing these rituals may reassure the cook but will accomplish little else. Salt actually increases the whipping time required to turn egg whites into snow, and it decreases the stability of the final result. Searing meat does nothing to retain juices, although it does improve the flavor...
...Beverly and I shared a bunkhouse with one other couple and a fella from the University of Nebraska, a guy named Jorgensen, who would eat only Chinese food. He elected himself cook. We ate Chinese food three times a day, Chinese oatmeal for breakfast. He cooked on a hot plate and slept in the hall, while the two couples had one small bedroom each. But it worked great. I loved the place. Easterners had a time getting used to all this primitive discomfort, but I was in hog heaven. It was also a completely democratic society. Oppie saw to that...
...photograph of a rough rock around a smooth stone, is one solution to the problem. Another involves the use of a class of equations called fractals. "It's a technology for filling in random surfaces in a way that mimics the way nature is random," explains Lucasfilm Researcher Robert Cook. "You want a rock to look like a rock, a random rock...
...been calculated, those data are converted directly into the pixels, or picture elements, that make up the images on the computer's screen. Each pixel is either red, green or blue. When viewed from a distance, however, they coalesce like the dots in a pointillist painting. Says Lucasfilm's Cook: "It's like mixing paint. If you stand back, they all blend together...