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...locale: Chinatown.) But how do you tell a kitchen to stop being generous? Jose Andres, the chef and star of a TV show on Spanish food - and another disciple of Adria's well loved in the restaurant world - came to the rescue. He very diplomatically got the kitchen to drop a few dishes from the repast, and soon the staff came out to present their own copies of Adria's books for his signature...
...Materials Research center to work on college courses and a book on science and culinary creativity). He's even done a turn in the movies, playing the chef on the Spanish-language version of the animated Ratatouille. Some American magazines no longer even bother to identify him when they drop his name in print; he has become a personage everyone is expected to recognize...
...goal received a variable cash prize determined by how many pounds they shed. The second group agreed to a deposit contract in which they anted up some of their own money as part of a pool. Those who lost the most weight split the pot; those who didn't drop enough weight lost their investment. The last group was given no financial incentive and relied on willpower and commitment alone. (See pictures of what makes you eat more food...
Admittedly, the real impact of these initiatives would be relatively small. Harvard may have billions of dollars to work with, but that sum is a drop in the bucket when one considers the size of the American economy. We should not, however, be overwhelmed simply because the task of lowering carbon emissions is so large. Investing some of the endowment in new initiatives or in establishing Harvard as a carbon-tax test scenario obviously won’t solve the problem alone. But just because these efforts have no guarantee of concrete success does not mean they are not worthy...
This is where I’m going to drop the Jew card. As a half-Jew on the side that doesn’t really make me Jewish, I am deeply offended that ABP has no dreidle or Antiochus IV Epiphanes shaped cookies. I’ll die a happy Few (fake Jew) the day that I attend an Ugly Hanukkah Sweater party. Believe me, there are plenty of Jews out there with grotesque sweaters knitted by their Grandma Harriets and Aunt Ednas...