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Back when Berry was the favorite receiver of Johnny Unitas and just about everyone else, his attention to minute detail was as much a part of his lore as the one leg shorter than the other or the feeble vision and sensitivity to light that sometimes required him to wear the only football helmet ever equipped with sunglasses. On the road, Berry actually carried his own bathroom scale to be sure of a consistent reading. If he played best at 182 lbs., he did not intend to be 181 or 183. Unitas still marvels at the diving catches Berry insisted...
...ECAC Rookie of the Year Award speech has become the stuff of lore in the Harvard women’s hockey program for its aimless rambling and unintended comic effect...
That is the sort of invaluable, fundamental information provided by Harold McGee in his 684-page volume On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen (Scribners; $29.95). Gathering data from experiments of others and performing many of his own, McGee has put together an exhaustive account of foods of all sorts with facts on their chemistry and physical properties, translated into correct cooking methods...
...best sections are those dealing with dairy products, eggs, meats and fish. In his introduction on the lore of the egg, McGee writes that at one point in history, eggs existed before chickens. He hastens to explain that by egg he refers to the specialized container of the ovum of early organisms that predated all birds by millions of years. Pleasant rambling through history makes good reading, but the author's practical information is more illuminating. For instance, beaten egg whites are important to cakes and soufflés because they hold air that expands as it heats. Yolks, which hold...
...descendants of the original owners. About one-and-a-half hours' drive from Glasgow , on the shores of Loch Fyne, is Castle Lachlan. When you check in, it's often Euan MacLachlan, the clan chief himself, who gives you the room key along with lessons in local lore. If that doesn't beat watching the History Channel in your motel room, what does? A three-night hire of the castle costs around $2,900. tel: (44-1369) 860669; www.castle-lachlan.co.uk