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...eating Big Macs and supersize fries, he went on--in less noted parts of his ruling--to set the stage for future lawsuits. He noted that "Chicken McNuggets, rather than being merely chicken fried in a pan, are a McFrankenstein creation of various elements not utilized by the home cook," including ground chicken skin, hydrogenated oils and dimethylpolysiloxane, an antifoaming agent, and he questioned whether customers understood the risks of eating McDonald's chicken over regular chicken...
...both fast-food and packaged-food firms. Some arguments are speculative, such as the allegation that certain companies manipulated addictive properties in their junk food, as some tobacco companies did with their products. Lawyers claim, for example, that some fast-food restaurants deliberately raise the temperature at which they cook their fries to increase the amount of fat absorbed. Terrie Dort, president of the National Council of Chain Restaurants, calls such allegations "completely absurd and without scientific basis...
...There's no question that there's a growing interest in this type of travel," says David Iverson, who runs A Cook's Tour, a Seattle-based agency specializing in culinary trips. He launched his business with a single trip for eight people to Italy in 2001. This year the company will offer more than 30 international excursions for 400?including four to Oaxaca, where travelers spend a week cooking at Casa Oaxaca restaurant. "It's a new way to travel," he explains. "For the person who is on their 10th trip to Mexico, they're going to see another...
...salad. The buds of Castilian roses would be transformed into ice cream. It was an ambitious menu - especially since none of us had any idea how to make those dishes. But that was the point. We had enrolled in a daylong[an error occurred while processing this directive] cooking class during a family trip to Ciudad Oaxaca, a city as renowned for its cuisine as for its baroque architecture and the magnificent Zapotec ruins on nearby Monte Albán. Before long, Pilar Cabrera, the affable proprietor of Casa de los Sabores B&B and an experienced cooking instructor...
...something, we assume it makes us happy, which is why we swear to the wonders of bottled water and Armani socks. The compulsion to care for our children was long ago written into our DNA, so we toil and sweat, lose sleep and hair, play nurse, housekeeper, chauffeur and cook, and we do all that because nature just won't have it any other way. Given the high price we pay, it isn't surprising that we rationalize those costs and conclude that our children must be repaying us with happiness...