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Separating the myths from the realities of cooking information can be as tricky as separating the yolks and whites of eggs. Does it really help to add salt to egg whites before beating them? Will searing meat seal in juices during the roasting? In fact, performing these rituals may reassure the cook but will accomplish little else. Salt actually increases the whipping time required to turn egg whites into snow, and it decreases the stability of the final result. Searing meat does nothing to retain juices, although it does improve the flavor...
McGee's description of the differences between the muscle fibers of fish and those of meat makes it clear why seafood is naturally tender whereas meat needs cooking to become easily chewable. Detailed diagrams of molecular structures and cross sections of tissues are always related to cooking and eating properties. A reader with a less scientific turn of mind can skip the theory and get almost as much from the applied information. Never mind the cell structure of beef: anyone attempting to broil a very thick cut will find that the surface is burned long before the interior...
...small growth, attached to the intestinal wall by a stalk, and found traces of blood in two samples of the President's stool. Although this finding suggested that bleeding was occurring in the intestine which could signal the presence of a malignancy, doctors were not immediately alarmed; eating red meat also sometimes leads to traces of blood in stool. Indeed, after Reagan was placed on a restricted diet, the blood traces disappeared. Still, to be on the safe side, the President's doctors decided to remove the polyp, asked Reagan to pick the earliest convenient time, and scheduled what...
Howe's announcement drew immediate applause from Argentina's meat-packers, who have lost their lucrative British markets to Brazil. But Argentine Foreign Minister Dante Caputo responded that trade talks could begin in 60 days only if the agenda also includes his country's claim to Las Malvinas, as Argentina calls the Falklands. In London, a Foreign Office spokesman called Caputo's reaction "disappointing," adding, "Our position has been set out many times. There is no possibility of our negotiating or discussing sovereignty...
Growing up in Philadelphia, Lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was 7. His food-loving family had two kitchens (kosher households keep meat and dairy separate), and he quickly learned which oven was best for baking his brownies. Lieberman sharpened his kitchen skills during a year abroad before college, apprenticing with a cook in Italy and studying local specialties in Germany, Spain and France. At Yale, he was known for throwing legendary dinner parties, singlehandedly roasting, frying and baking while mixing drinks for dozens of friends and even matchmaking between courses. On a lark...