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Another molecular tome, The Big Fat Duck Cookbook (Bloomsbury USA; $250), includes recipes like nitro-scrambled egg-and-bacon ice cream that are probably out of reach for amateurs. But, says author Heston Blumenthal, whose Fat Duck restaurant in Bray, England, got three stars from Michelin, "we still have lots of little bits and techniques people can pull out and use at home," like poaching potatoes before frying for crisper chips. Blumenthal, by the way, is not fond of the term molecular gastronomy, which he thinks sounds élitist. "Everything in cooking is chemical," he says. "Water is a chemical...
...even as the Connecticut decision brought celebration to New England this week, it was a stark counterpoint of last week’s wave of bad news: from California, Florida and Arizona, all of which passed referenda amending their state constitutions to ban same-sex marriage. Even as Massachusetts and California appeared at one point to sit at the vanguard of a movement for marriage equality in the United States, the popular tide seems to have turned in a worrying direction...
...spaghetti squash, and more. Answering students’ bewilderment as to why this vegetable is suddenly a staple in the dining hall, the HUDS blog says, “Why so much squash? It’s one of the few crops that grows into the fall in New England, so we partnered with Sharon, MA’s Ward’s Berry Farm.” We appreciate this gesture of sustainability and commend Harvard’s investment in local produce. At the same time, however, we believe it is necessary for HUDS to realize that squash...
...harder time finding a new place to call home. Earlier this month, Thaksin had his British visa revoked, shortly after a Thai court sentenced him in absentia to two years' imprisonment for a conflict of interest conviction. The Thai telecoms tycoon had spent a good deal of time in England after his ouster, making headlines by buying the Manchester City soccer team before selling it to a Middle Eastern investor group earlier this year. Thaksin was in China when his ban from Britain was publicly announced...
...pollyanna about it-we enjoyed it so much. I mean, Alan and I had got to know each other quite well, and John who did the colors, John Higgins, was a mutual friend as well. It was this wonderful feeling of just sort of, as we would say in England, having a laugh...