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Salt Fat Acid Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking” is a 2017 cookbook penned by this chef and TV host.
Samin Nosrat
A best seller, it has been described as more of a reference book than a collection of recipes. Nosrat explains how to master flavor and texture using salt, fat, acid and heat, four elements that she calls the “cardinal directions” of cooking.
is a US swimmer who has won twelve Olympic medals. She is also the only American swimmer to have competed in five Olympic Games, and is the oldest swimmer to have made it onto the Olympic team, at 41.
Dara Torres
As my this-American wife will tell you, “sauna” is a this word. It is pronounced more correctly as “sow-nah” (“sow”, as in the female pig).
Finnish
Saxophone is classified as this type of instrument
Woodwind
Saxophones are made of brass, but they also have some features in common with woodwind instruments, such as the use of a reed to create sound. Because of that reed, the “sax” is classified not as a brass instrument, but as a woodwind.
Genetic molecule translated into protein :
RNA
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is an essential catalyst in the manufacture of proteins in the body. The genetic code in DNA determines the sequence of amino acids that make up each protein. That sequence is read in DNA by messenger RNA, and amino acids are delivered for protein manufacture in the correct sequence by transfer RNA. The amino acids are then formed into proteins by ribosomal RNA. An added complication is that small changes in the sequence of amino acids specified by DNA sometimes takes place in a process known as RNA editing. This RNA editing occurs after the nucleotide sequence has been transcribed from DNA, but before it is translated into protein.
The color of bell peppers changes as they ripen: they start off this color
green, and as they mature turn yellow, orange, and eventually red.
French for milk
Café lightener : LAIT
In French, you might pour “lait” (milk) “dans votre café” (in your coffee).
This is a very fast run downhill in skiing, one with no turns taken to slow the pace of the descent. “
German word for “shot”.
schuss
Schuss” is a German word for “shot”.
The name “” comes from the Italian word “” meaning “trumpet”, with the “-et” suffix indicating “small”.
clarinet
clarino
3 time Olympic hosts
When Paris hosted the Summer Olympics in 2024, it became only the second city to host the Olympics three times (London hosted in 1908, 1948 and 2012).
It is the only chess move involving two pieces at the same time
In the game of chess, the move known as “castling” involves the king moving two squares towards one of the rooks, and then placing that rook in the square over which the king crossed.
The first television remote control was introduced by
Zenith Radio Corporation, in 1950. That remote was hard-wired to the TV, and was marketed as “Lazy Bones”. Personally, my first “remote” was a broomstick that I used by pushing in large mechanical buttons that selected each of the three channels that were available back then on the east coast of Ireland …
Back in the early 1900s, this was someone (usually a male) who admired firefighting. The term “” was a reference to the this-colored uniforms that had been sported by volunteer firefighters in New York City since the 1820s. The use of the word “” spread over time to describe a person who was enthusiastic about any particular subject,
buff
g. film buff, WWII buff.
Score is this number
Score : TWENTY
Our verb “to score” meaning “to tally”, comes from the Old Norse “skor”, which is a “mark, notch”. It is likely that items such as livestock were counted by placing a notch in a stick for each set of twenty, hence our use of the noun “score” to mean “twenty”.
is a generic name describing several plants that have thorns or prickles, including the rose.
Briar” (sometimes “brier”)
Famously, Br’er Rabbit lives in a briar patch.
“Jackie Robinson of ice hockey”.
Willie O’Ree is a retired professional hockey player from Canada who made his debut for the Boston Bruins in 1958. That made him the first Black player in the National Hockey League, and earned him the nickname “Jackie Robinson of ice hockey”.
Hofer
energy, vitality. There’s a kind of cool thing about this word ” spelling, namely that it is the only 7-letter word in English that cannot be played in Scrabble.
“pizzazz”
You can get close by using the Z-tile with the two blank tiles to get to three of the required four Zs, but there’s no way to get to the fourth Z.
PC key for scrolling to the end :
PGDN
PGUP (Page Up) and PGDN (Page Down) are two navigation keys found on a PC keyboard.
AAA in road terms
The American Automobile Association (AAA) dispatches a lot of tow trucks.
Inauguration Day date and amendment
is on January 20th in the year following the November election of a US President. This date is called out in the Twentieth Amendment to the US Constitution, which was ratified by the states in 1933.
this style of men’s evening dress” was first worn to a country club event in 1886 in New York and gets its name from location
called a “tuxedo
The use of a dark dinner jacket without tails became fashionable at the club with the members, and the tradition spread from there. The country club was located in Tuxedo Park, New York, giving the style of dress its name.
Game with 108 cards :.
UNO
In my youth I remember being taught a great card game by a German acquaintance of mine, a game called Mau Mau. Years later I discovered that UNO is basically the same game, but played with a purpose-printed deck instead of the regular deck of playing cards that’s used for Mau Mau. I hear that Mau Mau is derived from the game called Crazy Eights
This tree is native to North America and has a fruit that looks similar to a papaya.
papaw (also “pawpaw”)
Papaw probably gets its name from the word papaya, but papaw and papaya are two distinct species.
This is a structure that is used to raise and lower watercraft between stretches of a canal that are at different water levels. They are included in canals so that the waterway can cross land that is not level.
A lock
Pet” that needs lots of water :
CHIA
Chia is a flowering plant in the mint family. Chia seeds are an excellent food source and are often added to breakfast cereals and energy bars. There is also the famous Chia Pet, an invention of a San Francisco company. Chia Pets are terra-cotta figurines to which moistened chia seeds are applied. The seeds sprout and the seedlings become the “fur” of the Chia Pet
This is a fluid that exists alongside blood in the body that is transported through same named vessels. One of the functions of the system is to pick up bacteria in the body,
Lymph
One of the functions of the system is to pick up bacteria in the body, transporting them to lymph nodes where they are destroyed by lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). Lymph can also carry metastatic cancer cells that can lodge in lymph nodes, making lymph nodes a common site where tumors may be found growing.
” has been the official nickname of California since 1968.
Golden State
The nickname reflects the expansion of the state’s economy that followed the discovery of gold in 1848, and also the fields of golden poppies seen growing wild across California in the spring.
was a prominent concert violinist from Russia. He was married to the famous American soprano Alma Gluck. The couple had a son called. who became a well-known actor (co-star on “77 Sunset Strip”).
Efrem Zimbalist
Son Efrem Zimbalist, Jr
Zimbalist, Sr. was therefore also the grandfather of actress Stephanie Zimbalist (co-star on “Remington Steele”).
At this tide, the smaller gravitational effect of the sun cancels out some of the moon’s effect.
Neap
At this tide, the sun and the moon’s gravitational forces act in concert causing more extreme movement of the oceans.
spring
Local source of produce: Abbr. :
CSA
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
Orecchiette shape :
EAR
Orecchiette are small dome-shaped pasta from Southern Italy. Each piece resembles a small ear, hence the name. “Orecchietta” (the singular) comes from the Italian “orecchia” meaning “ear” and “-etta” meaning “small”
was murdered in 1995 by the president of her own fan club at the height of her career.
Also In a 1997 biopic about her life, this actress played the title role.
Singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez, known professionally simply as “Selena
Jennifer Lopez
Selena had often been referred to as the “Queen of Tejano” during her career.
Indoor rower, for short :
ERG
An indoor rowing machine is often referred to as an ergometer (or simply “erg”). However, the term “ergometer” really applies to a device that measures the amount of work performed.
Into the Water” novelist
Hawkins : PAULA
British novelist Paula Hawins was born and raised in Zimbabwe (then “Rhodesia”) before relocating in her teens with her family to England. She is perhaps best known as an author for her 2015 psychological thriller novel “The Girl on the Train”, which was adapted into a hit 2016 movie with the same title. Hawkins also writes romantic comedy fiction, publishing under the name “Amy Silver”.
Canada’s federal territory known as this takes its name from the same name river . “
Yukon River
Yukon” means “Big Stream” in the local Gwich’in language.
This is a man’s cap worn traditionally by Scotsmen. “
tam o’shanter
Tams” were originally all blue (and called “blue bonnets”) but as more dyes became readily available they became more colorful. The name of the cap comes from the title character of the Robert Burns poem “Tam o’ Shanter”. A pom-pom adorning a tam is known as a toorie.
Dan jones writes histories like one on this title dynasty that has the lionheart thr Hundred Years’ War and the Black Death
Plantagenet
Before house of York
The first part of this term for a work in which a design projects from
A background surface is French for low
Bah relief
Bas relief
Senate has 4 special or select committees 4 Joint committees and 16 of these permanent committees
Standing committees
