Though it took a while for the news to surface, New York Times writer Mark Bittman noted on Twitter today the passing today of Marcella Hazan, 90, a biochemist who became one of the genuine luminaries of Italian cooking. When I first became … [Read more]
Bread in the air
The North End of Boston is a charming, anachronistic place. There, in the heart of a very modern, high-tech city is an enclave of old-style Boston filled with coffee shops and newsstands and restaurants and people who have lived there all their … [Read more]
The case for polio
Articles like this support my longstanding thought that perhaps everything we need is right here on earth (assuming we don't slash, burn, or exterminate it before we realize its value). Researchers at the American Society of Clinical Oncology in … [Read more]
100 milliseconds
When forming an impression of you, what you say only accounts for 7% of what people come away with. And most people will make a judgment in less than 100 milliseconds. Insights from Deborah Gruenfeld, Stanford University Professor of Leadership and … [Read more]
A walk in the park
An innovative new study from Scotland suggests that you can ease brain fatigue simply by strolling through a leafy park. This theory, while agreeable, has been difficult to put to the test in the past because it hasn't been possible to study the … [Read more]
