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...were no chili peppers in India before the year 1500. So how, you ask, did they make vindaloo, that searingly, deliciously lavalike dish? They didn't. First the chili pepper had to make its way to India from the New World--kind of like long-distance takeout--catching a lift with Portuguese traders. In fact, the quintessentially Indian vindaloo is actually an adaptation of a Portuguese dish--the name is an Indianization of the Portuguese vinho e alhos (wine vinegar and garlic). Vindaloo is just one of the dishes examined in Curry. Part world map, part menu, this book...
...proud town was in need of a lift when it bid for the Winter Games in 1998. As the bulk of Fiat's production moved away, the once-elegant city feared it might share the rusting fate of American carmaking capitals. So in the past decade, Torino has worked to rebrand itself as a center of scientific research and high-tech industry, and as a dynamic cultural destination. It boasts an archeological museum that possesses more artifacts from ancient Egypt - including the sarcophagus of Nefertiti - than anywhere outside of Cairo. The city's symbol, the Mole Antonelliana, a dome-plus...
...worked for West Side Story) featuring garden gnomes, with songs by executive producer Elton John. Disney is also developing a new Three Little Pigs, using Caldecott Award winner David Wiesner's postmodern take on the porkers. But animaniacs don't see most classic Disney characters getting a face-lift. As Edna says, "Never look back, darling. It distracts from...
...Reform airfare rules. Lawmakers who really rate with lobbyists can often get a lift on a corporate jet and pay only first-class fare for the courtesy--a savings of time and thousands of dollars. Bills offered by both Feingold and Arizona Senator John McCain would require charter flights to be reimbursed at full market value, making them prohibitive. Chance of passage...
Last year, after tinkering with his boots, he discovered that inserting a composite - as opposed to aluminum or plastic - lift under the sole gave him a better feel on the snow and better performance. Then he did something really crazy: he shared the information with everyone, including competitors. His equipment team flipped, but in the Miller school of philosophy this makes complete sense. Otherwise, he says, "I'm maintaining an unfair advantage over my competitors knowingly, for the purpose of beating them alone. Not for the purpose of enjoying it more or skiing better. To me that's ethically unsound...