Word: plateful
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...Texas politics has already begun. Hutchison has said state government needs a long-overdue "scrubbing," while Perry has suggested her vote for the $700 billion Wall Street federal bailout reflects a "Democrat Lite" approach to economic hard times. At a press conference to unveil a pro-life auto-license plate, Perry intimated that his potential opponent has been less than 100% supportive of pro-life policies. Hutchison, whose position on abortion has been described as "nuanced" by conservative columnist George Will, has supported federal funding for stem-cell research and opposed federal funds for abortion and late-term procedures...
...blood orange foams, and 'spherified' croquettes made from ham broth - as well as for bringing the likes of centrifuges and hydrocolloids into the kitchen - molecular gastronomy has been more reviled than any style of cooking since a handful of chefs thought stacking a few undressed pea pods on the plate and calling it nouvelle cuisine was a good idea. That might account for why the trio sounded ever so slightly defensive as they protected the role of science in their kitchens. Brandishing a loaf of bread like an amulet, Adrià, chef of el Bulli restaurant in Spain (judged...
...audience to, essentially, chill out. "If we keep seeing science and cooking as two Martians coming at each other with test tubes, we all lose," he argued. "We have to normalize the relationship between them." A few hours later, as Elena Arzak demonstrated sauces that change color on the plate, and Dani García used liquid nitrogen to create a life-like tomato out of pureed vegetables, a handful of chefs continued to do just that...
...Lowdown: In case you weren't aware, the sheer heft of this book and its contents serves to remind that Barack Obama has got a ton on his plate - starting now. As the dozens of contributors write, Obama has to: restore America's world leadership role, convince Americans that the government can work for them, responsibly pull out from Iraq, protect the homeland, reduce America's dependence on foreign oil, transition towards a green economy, invest in the nation's crumbling infrastructure, halt torture, close Guantanamo Bay, make the federal government transparent again, reduce global poverty, cut taxes, halt...
Dati is no stranger to media scrutiny. During her 20-month tenure her image has morphed in countless magazine articles from ethnic success story to fashion plate to domineering boss to alleged seductress. "THE SUPER 'BLING BLING,' THAT'S HER!" screamed one reader on the Journal du Dimanche website last Sunday...