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...McGovern is hoping to solve the biggest mystery of all, which is where and when the Eurasian grapevine--the species from which 99% of the world's wine is derived--was first taken under cultivation. For unlike the ancient ancestor of modern corn, which has been traced to a valley in southern Mexico, the wild Eurasian grapevine grows across a broad geographic range. It is therefore possible, though McGovern thinks unlikely, that it was domesticated by several cultures independently. What will eventually help resolve the question, McGovern says, are ancient snippets of DNA from wine residues and shriveled raisins that...
...group of Chinese police staking out the area. After a night in jail, Ryu was forcibly repatriated back to North Korea and sent to a refugee-detention center. The camp consisted of five or six underground cells, each packed with about 80 people. Meals comprised a handful of boiled corn kernels and salty water. The good days, Ryu recalls, were when a guard with big hands dispensed the food, because that would mean a few more kernels of corn...
...failure. As a repeat refugee, Kim was dispatched to a gulag. This time, she had no 50-yuan notes to offer up. Every day for six months, she loaded bags of donated rice onto trucks, imagining what the rice would taste like. Her daily diet consisted of two corn cakes and salty water. "I saw people so weak that when they were kicked by the police they just fell down and died right there," recalls Kim. "We would bury them in a hole right where they died...
...experimenting in a test kitchen in Shanghai and collecting feedback from several Taco Bell outlets in Singapore?which have since closed. Mexican food might prove to be a tough sell. "I remember from my high school geography class that we were told all Mexico had for food was chili, corn and beans," says Beijing resident Li Xiaoming, 25. "How could they possibly create any tasty fast food out of those ingredients?" Despite the odds, the ever-ambitious Yum plans to open additional Taco Bell Grandes in Shanghai next year. It's also considering a China launch...
Nestled in the oak-dappled hills along California's central coast, the Skinner family's Huasna Valley Farm has weathered its share of calamities. There was the time that deer got into the sweet corn and nibbled through three-quarters of the fruit trees. And the year that early frost killed off much of the lettuce. And the 22 nights in one month that farmer Ron Skinner was up tending sprinklers. Last May, when the weeds got out of hand, the Skinners e-mailed their customers that "heat, lack of sleep and exhaustion" had made them wonder...