Carrot soup. Maybe with something interesting like fennel in it. Maybe chilled. Yeah, that sounded like a good idea.
At the time.
Science tells us that every experiment yields valuable data. That there are no failed experiments, only ones where the null hypothesis (you were wrong) is proved.Alton Brown, science god of food would no doubt agree. If you learn something from a dish that didn’t turn out the way you wanted, it wasn’t a waste.
On the other hand… Continue reading
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[/amazon_link]Scientists have a grand tradition of turning from writing academic papers to science fiction to transmit their manifestos from the ivory tower to the tech-savvy populace…and beyond. Daniel Wilson has been easing into sf with a string of books about the future, including Where’s My Jetpack?, a look at what happened to the future of sf’s golden age, and the very well-received How to Survive the Robot Uprising.
Wilson’s current book makes no attempt to hide its identity as the latter title, rebooted with 100% more characters, plot, and action. Well, maybe with 50% more of each. Despite Steven Spielberg’s excitement and affection for the book’s prospect as his next feature roboblockbuster, Robopocalypse is short on story, as well as being something of a disappointment as a work of hard sf.
You can read the full review at: SFSignal.com
Among the soups I’ve enjoyed in restaurants that I haven’t made yet, or made as well as the restaurant, is chicken tortilla soup. Red Sage in DC, gone now, had a chicken tortilla soup worth traveling into the city for. The Sedona White Corn Soup at California Pizza Kitchen lacks only chicken to be a contender. Do you actually need chicken to be a contender? Continue reading
