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A conversation with NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver is always livelier than her title would suggest. Her enthusiasm for all things space is immediately evident, and she always seems on the verge of speaking more candidly than her position supposedly allows. She’s not entirely immune to the carefully crafted talking points typically served up by high-level government officials, but the punctuations in her speech—“wow” when excited, “frankly” when frustrated—strip away the veneer. Lat

[...] a brand of cigar named for the Scottish bard certainly existed in the early 20th century, so it's certainly possible that the drink was created in honor of a big spender at the Waldorf, back before the great drought of 1920 to 1933. The Waldorf recipe also includes a dash of absinthe and a dash of orange bitters, for instance, whereas "The Savoy Cocktail Book," printed in 1930, replaces those with Benedictine. [...] just to round things out, in the 1950s, David Embury, author of "The Fine... Читать дальше...

The green beans are cut about 1/4-inch crosswise - about the same size as the corn kernels - and the summer squash is portioned into bite-size pieces. The vegetables are cooked over medium-high heat in just a little oil and broth, which is not really sauteing since the broth allows for a bit of steaming. [...] having the vegetables all of similar size allows them to cook more evenly. Tiny bits of serrano chile enliven the dish, while the optional extra virgin olive oil or butter provides a bit of richness. Читать дальше...

Wouldn't the Sonoma Coast, or at least the more marginal western slice of this generally sprawling appellation, suffer even worse than its often warmer neighbors? Success in blendsIt did not go unnoticed in our tasting that prices in this neighborhood keep getting more ambitious; $45 currently seems like a sweet spot even for many blended bottlings. Having waited a while to see how 2011 would turn out for this most momentous of California's Pinot areas, I'd say that the year brought just what some of us expected... Читать дальше...

This is gross, but cute. But gross.

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