Matias Vega Figallo works on his first-place sorbet.
AMHERST, Mass. – Choosing a winner in the annual food science ice cream contest at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has become an endeavor as deliciously painful as a brain freeze.
“I’m a little gobsmacked. What an amazing selection of flavors,” contest judge Judy Herrell, proprietor of Herrell’s ice cream and bakery shop in Northampton, told the students in Matthew Steffen’s perennially popular food-processing course. “This is hard.”
In the end, after tasting the 10 ice cream prototypes developed by students in the food science pilot plant and hearing their comprehensive new-product presentations in a Zoom meeting Tuesday afternoon, Herrell chose winners in three categories.
The Antarctic ice sheet is much less likely to become unstable and cause dramatic sea-level rise in upcoming centuries if the world follows policies that keep global warming below a key 2015 Paris climate agreement target, according to a Rutgers coauthored study.
Avalanche is 6-1-0 against Sharks this year by Andy Vernier / ColoradoAvalanche.com
The Colorado Avalanche wraps up its four-game set against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on Wednesday. It is the final contest of the eight-game, regular-season series between the clubs and the second of a five-game road trip for the Avs.
The Avalanche (34-12-4) fought back from a two-goal deficit in the third period to defeat the Sharks 5-4 in overtime on Monday, earning its third straight win of the four consecutive contests versus San Jose. Four different players registered multi-point outings as Nazem Kadri scored the game-tying goal with 3:39 remaining in final frame and Andre Burakovsky (one goal, one assist) potted the game-winning marker in overtime. Nathan MacKinnon finished with two assists to extend his road point streak to a career-best 17 games, while netmind
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The American Society for Nutrition (ASN) and the ASN Foundation are proud to announce the 2021 recipients of its scientific achievement awards. The 2021 ASN award recipients are an esteemed group of scientists whose contributions and dedication to advancing nutrition research, education and practice are inspiring, stated ASN President, Lindsay Allen, PhD. We are thrilled to shine the light on our members remarkable achievements.
As previously announced, due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns and uncertainty around travel restrictions, the ASN Board of Directors made the decision to host Nutrition 2021 as an interactive, engaging, and safe virtual event: NUTRITION 2021 LIVE ONLINE, June 7-10.