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...Yeah, I get fired up,” McBurney says, in his thick Alabama drawl. “I like to talk a little smack...
...been bombed, its door cascading with a mountain of debris made up of burned and broken empty vials. The intact other building was packed to the rafters with boxes full of glassware and beakers. Pigeons roost in the ceiling, their droppings and feathers--some of it inches thick--caking the cardboard towers. Nothing appears to have been moved in a long time. U.S. intelligence officials declined to tell TIME about Washington's postwar assessment of the site...
Researchers at IFF and other flavor companies have ways to get around that. A critical element in fatty foods is mouth feel--the creamy, palate-coating character of, say, thick pudding or cheesy lasagna. Scientists can mimic that feel with substances such as starches, polysaccharides or lactones (a natural product of fermentation). These lower-cal alternatives can give food a higher-cal feel. "When you create the impression of fat," says Miller, "you also enhance flavor...
...Italians arrive at 10 a.m. The auditor, Sergio Trombetta from Rome, sets up at a table in the back. (Trombetta works for DNV, a certification company the government hired to do the audits and which is, interestingly, based in Norway.) Benedetto and his wife sit beside him, a thick file of newspaper clippings and notes from happy customers at the ready. Trombetta then tours the kitchen and the wine cellar, nodding, asking questions, professionally reserved. At least 80% of the dishes must be traditional Italian recipes. The head chef must have formal schooling in Italian cooking or have spent...
...years ago, the Strokes dropped their debut Is This It: a bomb that was to send ripples of 70s-era distortion throughout the music industry, covering every rock band from SoCal to Soho with an inch-thick layer of fuzz. Rock, which had died for an unprecedented nineteenth time, was to be resurrected again—at least for a few more market cycles. But Is This It barely went gold and produced no more than one hit single. Meanwhile, the guitar-mashing Vines, energetic Hives and Detroit city rockers the White Stripes were garnering iconic status in the media...