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Does the alcohol really boil off when we cook with wine? Are smoked foods raw or cooked? Are green potatoes poisonous? This work provides plain explanations of kitchen mysteries, with a liberal seasoning of wit. Organized into basic categories for easy reference, this book contains more than 130 luc[...]

In this sequel to the best-selling What Einstein Told His Cook, he has added a new feature for curious cooks and budding scientists, "Sidebar Science", which details the chemical processes that underlie food and cooking. In the same plain language that made the first book a hit with both techies and[...]

James Cook, born in 1728, was one of the most celebrated men of his time, the last and the greatest of the romantic navigator/explorers. His voyages in the Royal Navy to the eastern and western seaboards of North America, the North and South Pacific, the Arctic, and the Antarctic brought a new under[...]

In "What Einstein Told His Cook", 'an American food columnist and chemistry professor manages to make the mysteries of food science funny and accessible' ("The Observer"). 'Perfect reading for the room that can't be mentioned on the food and drink pages' ("The Guardian"), "What Einstein Told His Coo[...]

Between the Immaculate Reception in 1972 and The Catch in 1982, pro football grew up. In 1972, Steelers star Franco Harris hitchhiked to practice. NFL teams roomed in skanky motels. They played on guts, painkillers, legal steroids, fury, and camaraderie. A decade later, Joe Montana's gleamingly effi[...]

The Fourth Edition adds an entire chapter on computer-generated imaging, updates filmographies for nearly all living directors mentioned in the text, and includes major new sections that both revisit old content and introduce contemporary trends and movements.[...]

This long awaited successor of the original Cook/Campbell Quasi-Experimentation: Design and Analysis Issues for Field Settings represents updates in the field over the last two decades. The book covers four major topics in field experimentation:[...]

After a tumultuous year in which her mentor is murdered and her estranged father comes back into her life, Pia Grazdani, the embattled medical student from "Death Benefit," decides to take a year off from her medical studies and escape New York City. Intrigued by the promise of the burgeoning field [...]

From the author of the brilliant A Modern Way to Eat, who was dubbed "the new Nigella Lawson" by The Times, comes this beautiful collection of 150+ delicious and inspiring weeknight vegetarian recipes. EATING HEALTHY ISN T ALWAYS EASY when you re coming home late at night and tired. In this genius n[...]

This lively and accessible collection explores film culture's obsession with the past, offering searching and provocative analyses of a wide range of titles from ldred Pierce and ief Encounter to ging Bull and the Mood for Love . reening the Past engages with current debates about the role of cine[...]