History on my side, says Lydia
21 May 2012, 8:21 pm
The MasterChef dream may be over for WA contestant Lydia Guerrini but the 38-year-old stands by her Italian polenta sandwich from Sunday night's invention test despite judges criticising the dish as not being a "real sandwich".

Health Habit Myths
21 May 2012, 9:03 am
A little more than a year ago, my eye doctor prescribed new disposable contact lenses. My insurance, he explained, would pay for only one six-month supply per year.

Chocolate cake sends Lydia home
21 May 2012, 5:18 am
LYDIA Guerrini was eliminated from MasterChef tonight after a marathon chocolate cake challenge set by guest chef Pete Gilmore.

Zimbabwe: Cattle Breeders Face Tough Choices As Pasture Vanishes
21 May 2012, 2:44 am
[AlertNet] Filabusi - Lorraine Mabuza stands outside her cattle pen. She wears a pensive look, and the source of her troubles is not hard to guess.

Sixers relive horror show with game film
18 May 2012, 1:48 am
Sixers coach Doug Collins took his team to the movies yesterday - for a horror show.

What People in 1859 Thought of the Great Solar Storm (Hint: They Were Very Confused) | 80beats
9 May 2012, 1:00 pm
An 1865 painting by Frederic Edwin Church, possibly inspired by the aurora of 1859. On September 1, 1859, the sky erupted in color: “alternating great pillars, rolling cumuli shooting streamers, curdled and wisped and fleecy waves—rapidly changing its hue from red to orange, orange to yellow, and yellow to white, and back in the same order to brilliant red,” read a New York Times account. This ...

Test Kitchen video tips: Straining cooked custard
7 May 2012, 3:46 pm
When you cook a custard on the stove-top, the recipe usually requires that you strain the custard after thickening. Straining helps to remove any bits of curdled or cooked egg from the custard, so your final product is silky and smooth.

‘The Caretaker,’ by Harold Pinter, at BAM
6 May 2012, 12:15 am
The Caretaker This revival of Harold Pinter’s 1960 classic, with Alex Hassell, left, and Jonathan Pryce, opened Friday at the Harvey Theater of the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Dairymen, Producers Remain at Odds Over Supply Control
29 April 2012, 2:15 am
TWIN FALLS • Whether a provision included in the U.S. Senate’s draft farm policy tastes like sweet cream or curdled milk depends largely on whether you’re producing milk or processing it.

The Difficult Lillian Hellman
27 April 2012, 2:10 am
"Once celebrated for her taut writing and devotion to social justice, her image since her death in 1984, aged 79, has curdled into something villainous. Her plays are still performed ... but they are often dismissed as moralising melodramas.