Len Fisher [pictured here], who was awarded the 1999 Ig Nobel Prize in physics for calculating the optimal way to dunk a biscuit, has advice for a scientist who is confident to his very shorts that the neutrinos-travel-faster-than-light reports will turn out to be in error. Dr. Fisher wrote a letter that’s published in The Guardian (on Nov 25): If […]
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Proper opossum gourmet cooking
The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) is North America’s only marsupial. Should you ever come across one that is homeless, orphaned or otherwise in need of help and could not be taken care of by a professional wildlife rehabilitation center, ME Pearl presents ‘The Practical Opossum Series’. Here is part 4, titled ‘Proper opossum gourmet cooking’.
To prevent unappetization
Why do great inventors invent? In “PROCESS FOR PREPARING A COOKED CEREAL AND THE RESULTING PRODUCT“, US patent #3,113,868, granted Dec. 10, 1963, inventor Louis J. Lee makes clear some of his motivation: The seriousness of this problem can be appreciated when it is realized that in many commercial eating establishments, particularly in cafeterias, it […]
When chefs demand medical tools
Barfblog writes (thanks to Penny Larsson for the pointer): The New York Times reports in almost 1,000 breathless words this morning that the most recent cross-disciplinary tool in a chef’s batterie de cuisine comes from the operating room: medical tweezers. In some of the country’s most ambitious restaurants, a pair of them allows a chef […]