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WELL FARE Chef Chris Salans of Mozaic restaurant in Ubud, Bali's cultural heart, is happy to share the secrets behind his recipes to any one who asks. "The garnish on the seared tuna? Raw shallots and ginger flowers marinated with lime leaf." But when asked about the secret to his current success?his elegant restaurant has been booked full more often than not in the six weeks following the bombing?he is less forthcoming. Most tourists still traveling to Bali are bypassing the more crowded and commercial haunts?except for Ubud's. But to not give the wrong impression...
...World, and captains gave their sailors a ration of the liquor. A vice-admiral nicknamed “Old Grog” began a policy of diluting the sailors’ rations of rum with water. He mixed in sugar and cinnamon to add flavor and threw in some lime juice to help ward off scurvy. Shortly thereafter, Navy Grog was served twice a day on deck and became a defining part of ship life. The drink was so popular that the British Royal Navy continued issuing “special rum allowances” until 1970. Americans dropped...
...convenient and familiar locale and to go unrecognized. That means they tend to pick hunting grounds midway between the places they know best. When a criminals' stats are plugged into an algorithm Rossmo has developed using his theory, it creates a rainbow-hued map, with the crime scenes in lime and yellow zones, the perpetrator's likely home in bright red or orange and the least productive places to look in indigo. It's a tidy treasure map, but Rossmo concedes his program won't find a killer by itself. "There are only three ways you can solve a crime...
...less well known: the Montezuma cypress in Tule, Mexico, 140 ft. high and 190 ft. in girth, which "wraps itself around you with its huge, bare brown arms"; the troll-like red tingle in a forest in Western Australia that resembles something out of Tolkien; and the Bavarian "dancing lime," whose pruned and propped-up bottom branches can support an orchestra. "The message is subtle," he says. "We all love trees, but we shouldn't take them for granted...
...Hornitos Tequila—“the true good stuff,” he explains—because it is 100 percent tequila. (Many other brands, paradoxically, are only 50 percent tequila and 50 percent vodka.) He also proposes using Cointreau as the triple sec and only fresh lime and lemon. However, if you’re short on preparation time, these ingredients can be replaced with a readymade sour mix. “Margaritas can be made easily at a game,” Broadman says. “Get one of those big jugs...