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...versions of soups and stews sold in Penang streets. The penang assam laksa is one: a tangy fish broth flavored with turmeric and chili pepper, with vegetables and rice noodles. But the show-stealer is the dessert called kuih, sticky rice cakes flavored with leaves from the tropical screwpine tree...
...wrong height.) Now 25, she knew this was her last shot. The two women's styles could not have been more different - Khorkina, so ethereal she at times looked too frail for the demands of gymnastics; Patterson, throwing herself at the apparatuses as if they were no more than tree houses put there for her to play in. Khorkina looked unbeatable on the uneven bars, but gave Patterson an opening when she wobbled noticeably on the balance beam and only performed three tumbling passes in her floor routine. So the American went into her final performance, the floor, needing...
...versions of soups and stews sold in Penang streets. The penang assam laksa is one: a tangy fish broth flavored with turmeric and chili pepper, with vegetables and rice noodles. But the show-stealer is the dessert called kuih, sticky rice cakes flavored with leaves from the tropical screwpine tree. Sometimes Nyonya's fusion creates confusion; a crestfallen customer recently asked: "You don't serve sushi?" But with food this good for less than $15 a dish, Londoners are happily catching on. No reservations. tel: (44-207) 243 1800; www.nyonya.co.uk
SECRETS OF TREE RINGS...
...connection between drought and wildfires is strong, says Thomas Swetnam, head of the University of Arizona's Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. And the most dangerous fires, he says, occur when droughts follow years that are unusually wet. That's because generous rains encourage trees, shrubs and grasses to grow, providing the fuel that stokes forest fires. This pattern of wet preceding dry, Swetnam thinks, helped feed the intense blazes that raged through the Southwest shortly after 1850, taking out huge stands of conifers. So, if a new El Nino materializes later this year, as some experts expect...