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...aware of any brain foods that have as much scientific evidence behind them as fish and fish oil. But I would keep an eye on turmeric, the yellow spice that is a major ingredient in American mustard and Indian curries. A relative of ginger, turmeric comes from the underground stem of a tropical plant and is being carefully studied for its medicinal effects. It is a powerful anti-inflammatory agent that has anticancer properties and may offer significant protection against Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's begins as an inflammatory process in the brain. Anti-inflammatory agents like ibuprofen reduce...
POUR IT ON Look for the "craft cocktail" at a bar near you as mixologists incorporate fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs and spice infusions into their creations. Basil martini, anyone? HAMMING IT UP Until recently, developing a taste for jamón ibérico, made from acorn-fed black-footed pigs, wasn't easy. The USDA's ban on the Spanish delicacy was lifted only last year. And even though the first shipments of whole hams aren't due to arrive until 2008, importer La Tienda already has a list of 200 customers who have placed $199 deposits for hams that will...
...organized intimate, bipartisan dinner parties (sample guest list: Senators Jesse Helms, Patrick Leahy and Orrin Hatch; former World Bank president Jim Wolfensohn; Clinton Treasury Secretary Larry Summers) to cement relationships and encourage the sense that at least on one issue, everyone could break bread. Spouses were invited, and to spice things up, Bono might ask a friend from another sphere, like Jordan's Queen Noor, to drop by. "Your first responsibility is not to be dull," he says. "Why don't the poor deserve flash in their representation...
...organizer of the event. “This is a little better than our first event [in terms of attendance],” said Davis. He said that the previous event, a Halloween party, had about 50 students show up. Stephen R. Barchick ’09 added some spice to the night when he agreed to take his shirt off for a bid of $40. After the event was over, students enjoyed a snack of chocolate chip cookies and juice, and many conversed with their new dates. “It was fun, humiliating, and funny at the same...
...work and what’s possible,” says Voith. He adds that, once in a leadership position, he plans to work with the dean’s office “to find a way that they can institutionalize their support for students.”SPICING THINGS UPDespite recent successes, Voith and Gadgil remain frustrated by many aspects of the UC, including excessive bureaucracy that they say slows down the planning of events.“I think that sometimes we get too focused on procedure, and the internal workings...