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...point," says Blumenthal. "The fat crystals were too big, so the mouth feel was terrible. You could taste the sliminess. The smell wasn't lovely either." Of course, in Blumenthal's kitchen it's often hard to tell the difference between wrong and right. Among his signature dishes: snail porridge, salmon poached with licorice jelly and--after failed experiments with goose liver, parsley, garlic and other ingredients--smoked-bacon-and-egg ice cream. "It may not sound better than the foie gras," he says, "but there are scientific reasons why it works...
...eardrum in turn causes three tiny bones inside the ear to vibrate. The last of these bones taps against a snail-shaped, fluid-filled structure called the cochlea, which houses the hair cells that produce the TRPA1 protein...
...insist that true democracy requires more than elections?it also demands the rule of law, honest bureaucrats, the protection of minorities and so on. (By those criteria, Indonesia still has some way to go.) But that doesn't mean that building democratic societies has to proceed at a snail's pace?a process that can be used by entrenched ?lites to hold on to power while they "ready" their nations for democracy. In a recent speech, Mark Malloch-Brown, the administrator of the U.N. Development Program, acknowledged that "democracy is a long project" but cautioned against "believing that democracy takes...
...insist that true democracy requires more than elections?it also demands the rule of law, honest bureaucrats, the protection of minorities and so on. (By those criteria, Indonesia still has some way to go.) But that doesn't mean that building democratic societies has to proceed at a snail's pace?a process that can be used by entrenched ?lites to hold on to power while they "ready" their nations for democracy. In a recent speech, Mark Malloch-Brown, the administrator of the U.N. Development Program, acknowledged that "democracy is a long project" but cautioned against "believing that democracy takes...
...heart, Djamaa El-Fna is all about the snails. Street vendors selling the tasty mollusks take up an entire side of the square with a long line of vats, each piled with a mountain of mottled brown shells. As ubiquitous as hot dog vendors in Manhattan, snail stands occupy street corners in all of Morocco's major cities, attracting hungry folk on their way home from work or on a night out with friends. For about $1, a small bowl of 20 or so b'push can be yours?still in the shell, heads attached. Either suck them...