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Murcutt's work mirrors the environment in other ways too. His use of corrugated iron--a material blessed with no glamorous associations--to catch and reflect light and create shadows according to the time or type of day creates an echo of the sharp shadings of the Australian bush...
...favorites is jianbing, or fried pancake. Crepe batter and an egg are expertly fried on a cast-iron hot plate. Then the pancake is sprinkled with a variety of pickled vegetables, slivered seaweed, hot sauce, hoisin sauce and sesame seeds. Finally, working with callused heat-resistant fingers, the chef wraps the whole steaming concoction around a crispy strip of fried dough. It's heavenly...
...spicy but not overly fiery, richly flavored but still fresh-tasting. Crayfish are messy to eat, however, so bring a stack of napkins. Then, as delicately as possible, bite off the head and tear open the shell. The snack is hugely popular: vendors sell it from large cast-iron woks on the street, takeout places offer it by the tray, and dozens of restaurants have red crayfish stickers on their windows...
...DIED. EDUARDO CHILLIDA, 78, Basque abstract sculptor whose works, known for combining grace with colossal size, earned him the nickname "Man of Iron"; in San Sebastian, Spain. Giving up careers in soccer and architecture, Chillida moved to Paris in 1948 to set up his first studio, but returned to Spain two years later. His piece Comb of the Winds, featured on Spanish coins, became a symbol of the ongoing conflict in Chillida's native Basque region...
...tank is filled with a chemical solution that will begin to remove the salts and organic encrustations from the iron. Electrodes that give off a tiny current may be added to help the process...