Books
Engagingly written, this is ready to be a beautiful prepared reference to have on hand. Here’s a link to excerpts revealed this weekend in The Wall Street Journal, and samples of some early evaluations. I’m positive it primed me to be struck this year by a few reviews that highlighted the connection between air high quality and cooking. Haagen-Smit had come to Caltech in the Forties to do research on the biochemistry of crops. Initially his focus was on plant progress hormones but, perhaps influenced by life in California, he also found time to check the psychoactive principles in marijuana, and the flavors of pineapple and of zinfandel wine.
Chewing gum, a uniquely U.S. product, found during the seek for rubber supplies in the 1860s. It is a combination of natural or synthetic gums and resins, sweetened with sugar and corn syrup, with added color and flavour. Jacob Fussell begins …