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...Still, what else are you going to call it? In an effort to move away from the dreaded 'molecular,' in 2008 Adrià embraced a new name, coined by Catalan journalist Pau Arenós: "techno-emotional." The term was received with relief among some chefs desperate for a more lyrical description of what they did and derision among the better part of the food-writing community; this year, it got no traction at all. Instead, Adrià opted for 'scientific gastronomy,' while McGee, arguing that all cooking involves scientific processes, made a plea for plain and simple 'gastronomy...
...David Chang, the chef behind the adored Momofuku restaurants in New York, was more skeptical. "It's never going to lose the name molecular. Hippies don't like being called hippies, but that's what everyone knows them by." Still Chang, who described the panel members as "the Mount Rushmore of current gastronomy," wasn't troubled by the prospect. "This style of cooking, is a language, a code, and it can be intimidating. But only if you don't try to understand it. The boneheads who reject it never ask questions, never ask why someone might cook this...
...ended, an order that the President and his staff quickly noticed and reversed. About an hour later, a senior Administration official gave a briefing to reporters about the new executive orders on torture and Guantanamo Bay. Despite their vocal protests, reporters were told they could not disclose the name of the official...
...Then Gibbs took the stage for his first White House press briefing, and promptly disclosed the official's first name. "We had Greg help you guys understand a little bit of that," Gibbs said, in front of live television cameras. Later a reporter asked Gibbs if he realized he had just disclosed the first name of the undisclosed official. "I do," Gibbs said, keeping his composure. "I'm tempted to ask you to see if you can get one person's name into the papers so people will think he might be a Brazilian soccer star." Unhappily for Gibbs, White...
...realize that for many New Yorkers, this is the first time you've heard my name, and you don't know much about me. Over these next two years you will get to know me, but more importantly, I will get to know you." - At the press conference announcing her appointment...