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Australian chef david thompson has a dry sense of humor, so when he describes his 370-page whopper of a cookbook as "by no means exhaustive," you take it with a pinch of salt. Actually, make that a splash of fish sauce. For this is Thai Street Food, Thompson's passionate and meticulous tribute to one of the world's great curbside cuisines. Thais not only snack between mealtimes, they snack between snacks. And who wouldn't, when almost every street is what Thompson calls a "delicious obstacle course...
...Today, Thais attach enormous kudos to knowing where the best stalls are found. "Street food, when it's done well, is fantastic," says Thompson. Fantastic and (squeamish visitors take note) usually safe to eat. Vendors normally buy their ingredients in the morning and have nothing left by the day's end. "It makes for scrupulously fresh food. I've had more food poisoning in England...
...range's glaciers could disappear. And far from providing evidence against climate change, nearly all alpine glaciers worldwide that have been tracked have shown significant melting over the past several decades - often documented in photographs. "It's happening globally, in Europe, North America, China and the Himalayas," says Lonnie Thompson, a glacier expert at Ohio State University. "More than 90% of the world's glaciers are retreating. Glaciers have no political agenda." (See the top 10 scientific discoveries...
...very careful when I went through that whole process, a couple of years ago - I really tried to say something different each time and think of something a little bit funny. Sometimes I'm prepared, sometimes I'm not. In the beginning of the process I met Emma Thompson at an award show. She told me, don't worry, but be prepared. Write something, learn it. So if you don't know what to say, you have that. And that's the best advice. I did sort of do that. I didn't always...
...Some of the members of the FCIC seemed to agree that more regulation was not the answer to avoiding another financial crisis. John Thompson, chairman of security company Symantec and a former adviser to President George W. Bush, said to the executives, "Some of this oversight is management's responsibility, and not regulation." (See pictures of the global financial crisis...