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THE LESSONS OF HISTORY - FAST FOOD
"Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge."(Alfred North Whitehead)Our society is a reflection of the foods we eat. This isn’t a new concept. In fact, history has shown us...
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THE ORIGIN OF THE PEAR
The origin of the pear is a fascinating subject, which all begins with its wild species. The best of the wild trees growing in the woodlands of mountain slopes were selected by the earliest farmers and...
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WHAT IS MORE PERFECT THAN AN EGG?
Believe, dear friend, that no alchemist ever produced from furnace or alembic, so rare a treasure as you may obtain from hens, if you only know how to combine labour and delight.(Prudent Le Choyselat,...
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BEEF AND CATTLE
The history of beef is, to some extent, the history of human civilization. Beef – also known as Bos domesticus – takes us back to the dawn of human evolution and the consumption of this particular meat...
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THE HISTORY OF THE SANDWICH
John Montagu, fourth Earl of Sandwich, painted by Thomas Gainsborough, 1783."He freed mankind from the hot lunch. We owe him so much. Funeral oration delivered to the Earl of Sandwich, as imaginedby...
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WHAT, EXACTLY, ARE HERBS?
It’s a frequently asked question. It would be wonderful to have a simple and straightforward answer but, unfortunately, no such answer exists. Part of the problem is that the word ‘herb’ means...
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WHAT IS A DUMPLING?
The word ‘dumpling’ can mean many different things in the culinary world: fluffy balls of wheat flour and animal fat floating to the surface of hearty stews; delicate parcels of dough filled with meat...
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MY BRAIN MADE ME DO IT
A growing body of researchhas found that head injury can make peoplemore prone to criminal behaviour…The tumour growing in the front of the schoolteacher’s brain was the size of an egg. It was the...
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SCIENCE UPDATE - FACING UP TO FOOD ALLERGIES
Australians have some of the highest food allergy rates in the world. Why are they on the rise — and what are we discovering about their causes, diagnosis and treatment?With an estimated 161,000...
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THE DOCTRINAL POSITION OF THE BUDDHA IN CONTEXT
Preliminaries‘Buddhism’, with its derivatives like ‘Buddhist’, are, of course, English words. They have parallels in other European languages, like ‘Buddhismus’ and ‘Bouddhisme’. They refer for...
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TOP TEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED DEATHS
Ernest HemingwayThe incorrect announcement of someone’s demise isn’t the preserve of the ‘fake news’ era.1.ERNEST HEMINGWAYLived 1899-1961The writer and his wife, Mary, endured plane crashes in...
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VERY SUPERSTITIOUS
Most of us have an irrational fear or habit. Famous folks often seem to go one step further.1.Benjamin FranklinAN ODD MORNING RITUALBenjamin Franklin (1706-1790) swore by air baths. Before he started...
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VINHOS: "APRENDER" OU APRECIAR?
Você está em um novo restaurante – francês, grego, espanhol, até americano–,especializado na cozinha de um país com uma grande indústria de vinho. Faz o pedido. Aí olha a carta de vinhos. São dezenas...
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SEARCHING FOR SEMIRAMIS
Genesis of an Assyrian Legend. Tales of an ancient queen inspired the story of Semiramis, a femme fatale whose exploits titillated writers and painters from the Roman period to the 19th century. Behind...
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SALT IN COOKING
Our bodies require salt for survival; our dinners require it to taste good. Properly salting food is one of the most important skills in all of cooking.Two Paths to Deep SeasoningBrineBrining means...
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PERSONAL LIFE OF LEONARDO DA VINCI
OUTSTANDING BEAUTY AND INFINITE GRACELeonardo became known in Milan not only for his talents but also for his good looks, muscular build, and gentle personal style. “He was a man of outstanding beauty...
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THE INVENTION OF WRITING AND NUMBER NOTATION
Cuneiform WritingAt the beginning of any development of more complicated or advanced mathematical techniques stands the invention of scripts and number systems—at least in those instances where...
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THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE
At the vanguard of human health, scientists tweak genes to create precision medicine, and a body donated to science becomes a holographic virtual cadaver. Meanwhile a new generation embraces ancient...
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TALMUD- JESUS' FAMILY
Jesus as a young Jew by RembrandtThe rabbinic literature is almost completely silent about Jesus’ lineage and his family background. The rabbis do not seem to know—or else do not care to mention—what...
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TRES CAFÉS FRENTE A LA DIABETES
Las últimas investigaciones ponen de manifiesto que el consumo moderado de esta bebida, hasta cuatro tazas al día, previene la aparición de esta patología gracias al efecto del ácido clorogénico y...
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