Wes Phillips

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Oh, Eat Some Garbanzos

I'm on deadline, so of course all I can think about is dinner. Think I'll go upstairs and start some chholehttp://www.accesscom.com/~jfinger/recipes/chhole-sour-checkpeas.html">c…; cooking, steam up a bunch of brown basmati rice, and mix up a raita—think">http://www.mediterrasian.com/delicious_recipes_raita.htm">raita&mda… I'll add some fresh mint, cilantro, and a chopped, drained tomato to that last 'un.

Oh, Oliver!

I always thought I had a problem with Oliver Sacks. I found his The New Yorker articles interesting, but frustrating—I always had unanswered questions at their end. Then I read Uncle Tungsten and realized that his métier was not the long essay but the book-length exploration of a subject.

On Culture

Recent genetic analyses reveal that early man could not digest milk products. However, shortly after the development of agriculture, large populations in Europe and Africa developed the ability to produce lactase as adults—and milk, cheese, and yogurt became key components of their diet.

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