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...friend had patronized believed they had received bogus U.S. traveler's checks and alerted the police. A raid on the homes of Hamdani and his pal turned up an array of big-screen TVs and other luxury goods, $600,000 in forged American Express and Thomas Cook checks, a state-of-the-art counterfeiting operation complete with silk-screen equipment, ink stamps like those used by consular officials, and stacks of high-grade fake passports and other identity documents. Hamdani was tagged as the suspected mastermind. A Pakistani emigre, he had a rap sheet stretching as far as Brunei...
...sandwiches and snack cakes have proved to be such a success that Levin says he hopes to win over more than carb-craving expats. But teaching a stable of local restaurant pros to find their inner short-order cook hasn't been quite as easy. "We've had these accomplished Chinese chefs trying to learn to make a Reuben," Levin laughs. "It's been pretty funny...
...Common Fisheries Policy. Fischler will back up his 80%-reduction call with evidence from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ices), which has calculated that cod stocks are at an all-time low, only 10% of what they were in 1970. According to Robin Cook, director of the Fisheries Research Services laboratory in Aberdeen, "You shouldn't let a fish stock get below 25% of its unfished state because once the fish have gone below that point, no one knows if they will ever come back." While acknowledging that there is a serious problem created by overfishing...
Even more ambitious thinking has led to a boom in cooking classes in schools. These updated versions of home ec teach children who have been weaned on fast food about grains and vegetables they may never have encountered at home. Alice Waters, the chef of Chez Panisse, the celebrated restaurant in Berkeley, Calif., that builds its menus around seasonal ingredients, has launched an "edible school yard," where students learn to plant, harvest and cook organic fruits and vegetables...
Stuffing New research suggests that bread crust may contain a cancer-fighting antioxidant, pronyl-lysine. But to make stuffing really healthful, use whole-wheat bread or high-fiber grains like wild rice. And cook stuffing outside the bird, where it won't absorb fat-laden drippings...