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...Professor White was the model of a scholar. He attacked important problems with an incisive mind and a sense of history. He was an elegant model for what a university faculty member should be,” said Jerome Kagan, the Starch Research Professor of Psychology...
...bowl of warm raccoon meat and asked chef Homaro Cantu to "do something special with it," the master chef did not flinch. Employing one of his latest innovations, he turned on his Canon inkjet printer and, using meat-flavored inks, printed out an illustration of a raccoon on edible starch paper. He stewed the meat with juniper, placed the paper on top and dubbed the tasty entre "road kill," much to the delight of his guest, an avid hunter. All in an evening's work at Moto, where customers are starting to catch on that whimsy is the chef...
...Professor White was the model of a scholar. He attacked important problems with an incisive mind and a sense of history. He was an elegant model for what a university faculty member should be,” said Jerome Kagan, the Starch Research Professor of Psychology...
...depressingly modern, the history of the tarts goes all the way back to the Middle Ages. When noble families sent their daughters off to the Church to become nuns, they paid their dowries in chickens. The chickens eventually went into casseroles while the egg whites were used to starch habits, but the egg yolks remained unused—until resourceful nuns realized the value of selling these sinful little desserts, which contain about three egg yolks apiece. Never has gluttony been so virtuous...
...agency gets little public recognition, and that's just fine. It sticks to the science and leaves product development and marketing--and the glory--to others. Glenn invented some nonfood uses for wheat starch, including a biodegradable version of Styrofoam food containers. His work is being incorporated in various products at EarthShell Corp., a disposable-food-packaging company based in Santa Barbara, Calif. But when commercial production of the wheat-based plates and bowls begins next year, consumers will see only EarthShell's name on the label. There will be no reference to ARS. "We don't want the USDA...