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Mar 02, 2021 Better Than We Found It by Frederick Joseph and Porsche Landon. In the YA follow-up to Josephs debut, The Black Friend, the authors share stories of their own experiences with an assortment of essential topics, from environmental justice to gun control, anti-racism to housing security, and provide interviews with public officials, celebrities, and activists. Publication is set for fall 2022; Alexander Slater at Trident Media Group represented the authors. Alex Borbolla at A...

The Soothing Science of Tea Steeping Food52 1/29/2021 author Nik Sharma breaks down the science of good food, from rinsing rice to salting coffee. Today: a piping hot cup of tea. Every afternoon at 4 p.m., I partake in my daily ritual: tea with cookies (often gingersnaps) or a sandwich (usually cucumber, salted butter, and a sprinkling of black pepper). And if I’m stressed or on a tight deadline, my work table will without fail contain a cup of tea. True tea is produced from the leaves of t...

Saucy, Tangy, Golden Cauliflower to Make This Week Food52 1/6/2021 –Nik Sharmas follow-up toSeason —was dubbed one of the best cookbooks of 2020 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Food & Wine , Serious Eats, Epicurious, Eater, and then some. But calling it a cookbook is complicated. There are over 100 recipes, yes, but theres also a deep—deep—dive into the science of good food. Its this rare blend that makes The Flavor Equation the sort of book Ill grab from ...

Authors Dr Aidan Randle-Conde has a PhD in particle physics from Brunel University, England, and was based at the SLAC laboratory in California. He held a postdoctoral position with SMU, Texas, and worked at CERN, Switzerland, where he helped to discover the Higgs boson. He then completed another postdoctoral position at ULB in Brussels and started a project called the Ministry of Sense, which performs in schools and public spaces to recreate the Higgs discovery. For Teachers We have created th...