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Smithsonian 2013 June - The Food Issue |
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Single Issue Magazine |
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2013 |
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B00D2VYZ46 |
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Smithsonian's Editors |
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0.4 pounds |
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7.8 x 10.6 x 0.4 inches |
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1 Susan (USA: IL) |
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The Mind on Fire
A million or so years ago, the amazing evolution of the human brain was sparked by a breakthrough that people everywhere still enjoy every day: cooking
By Jerry Adler
Burning Desire
Chiliheads crave the heat that hurts so good, a pleasure-pain riddle science is solving. But nothing compares to the gutwrenching agony of the legendary superhot that spices life in remote India
By Mary Roach
10 Epiphanies
Sometimes a meal is just a meal. Other times, a single bite can change everything
By Mimi Sheraton
Rocket Fuel
For astronauts headed to the moon, NASA dreamed up meals that tried to mimic earth food
By Brett Martin
Accounting for Taste
You know what foods you like. But why? That's always been one of the toughest questions in perception research. Now psychologists and others, from Ivy League labs to the U.S. Army, are serving up fresh answers
By Tom Vanderbilt
Yeasts of the Southern Wild
A star baker in New Orleans, the city of king cake and buttermilk drops, is about to deliver his sweet treats to Harlem
By Roy Blount Jr.
Two Kids in a Candy Store
How Philadelphia confectioners Eric and Ryan Berley are giving new life to America's oldest sweet shop
By Franz Lidz
The American Table
What's it like to have dinner with food writers Michael Pollan and Ruth Reichl as they discuss American food culture? Something like this. (Well, without the food.)
By Ruth Reichl
Welcome to the Dark Side
A cosmologist unveils her latest theories on the invisible universe, extra dimensions and human consciousness
By Ron Rosenbaum
Pyramid Scheme
The long-reigning king of Egyptian antiquities has been forced into exile-but he's plotting a return
By Joshua Hammer
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