[Photos: Bill Addison]

[Photos: Bill Addison]
We started off with gougères and then the salmon cornet—France and America each in single mouthfuls. The courses seesawed ... The restaurant certainly isn't hurting for reservations, but Keller wants to stay big-picture relevant. I can't imagine the ...
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5 unhealthy foods engineered to be addictive
Fat is a big part of the food technology stagecraft too because it promotes crunch, creaminess and contrast, blends flavors and even lubricates mouthfuls so that people eat faster. And, speaking of fast eating, people who wolf down their food do not ...
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The ultimate hire car: A Highland fling in a Ferrari
Philip Cargenie has a well-earned Michelin star, and in between dishes of locally sourced fare, such as parmesan-crusted scallops and veal sweetbread ravioli, waiters bring out amusing little mouthfuls he has dreamt up. Cauliflower panna cotta is ...
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Heidi Klum's Craziest Halloween Costumes of All Time (PHOTOS)

Heidi Klum's Craziest Halloween Costumes of All Time (PHOTOS)
The holiday is still several months away, but Heidi Klum is the queen of Halloween, so we'd be remiss in our duties to not look back on the fashion icon's Halloween costumes on her 41st birthday. (Yep, we can't believe it, either.) Since 2000, the ...
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Disguise Halloween Costume Company Awarded “Vendor Partner of the Year ...
MALIBU, Calif., May 20, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAKK) announced today that its Halloween costume division, Disguise®, received the “Vendor Partner of the Year Award” from Spirit Halloween for its partnership and ...
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Costume Quest 2 Has the RPG Genre Celebrating Halloween Again
Be prepared to dress up as the Clown, the Pterodactyl, the Superhero, the Candy Corn along with other empowering costumes when Costume Quest 2 comes out for PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360 and Xbox One this Halloween.
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The Iraq-ISIS Conflict in Maps, Photos and Video

The Iraq-ISIS Conflict in Maps, Photos and Video
The Iraq-ISIS Conflict in Maps, Photos and Video. A visual guide to the crisis in northern Iraq. JUNE 12, 2014. Marching to Baghdad. Updated June 13. After sweeping across the porous border from Syria to overrun Mosul, insurgents aligned with the ...
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Government Data + Maps: 10 Great Examples
"GIS brings transparency and accountability to federal government by engaging citizens through dynamic, interactive maps," Christopher Thomas, director of federal government solutions for Esri, told InformationWeek Government. Esri offers GIS software ...
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Google Has Better Maps of World Cup Venues Than OpenStreetMap—For Now
The area around Maracanã stadium seen in OSM (left) and Google Maps (right). At first glance the OSM map might look more detailed, but the Google Map actually includes more building footprints. Both maps have features not present on the other.
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EXCLUSIVE: Paedophiles raid social networks for children in family photos

EXCLUSIVE: Paedophiles raid social networks for children in family photos
The photos taken by parents are being uploaded to a Russian website for perverts to leer at and make vile comments about them that will horrify the children's families. Other images on the photo-sharing site, iMGSRC.RU, have been taken surreptitiously ...
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Страны G7 пригрозили России дальнейшими санкциями
Участники саммита G7 намерены продолжить расширение санкционного списка физических и юридических лиц, которые активно поддерживали или совершали нарушения суверенитета и территориальной целостности Украины и угрожают ее ...
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