After Microsoft, Bringing a High-Tech Eye to Professional Kitchens

ADVANCED FOODS Nathan Myhrvold, former chief technology officer at Microsoft, spins rose petals in a glass globe at his laboratory kitchen in Bellevue, Wash.
By KENNETH CHANG
Published: November 16, 2009

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Inside a nondescript warehouse on a nondescript street of this Seattle suburb is a research laboratory that looks like it came out of a James Bond movie — had Q the gadget master been a gastronome. More

Barbie! Barbie! Barbie!

Time for some Palintology
By Richard Cohen
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

I saw the other day that George W. Bush is raising money for his proposed policy institute at Southern Methodist University. I did some research and found out that there are something like 3,000 policy institutes, most of them hosting convocations about nothing much and issuing papers no one reads. I suggest therefore that Bush use his money to do something truly different and constructive -- establish the Institute for the Study of Sarah Palin. My check is in the mail. More

101 Head Starts on the Day

Clockwise from top left: carrots, green beans and daikon (No. 70); acorn squash with apple and bacon (45); corn and tomatoes with chili (11); polenta cakes with cranberries (27).
By MARK BITTMAN
Published: November 17, 2009

FOR cooks, most Thanksgiving problems are brought about by the sheer number of dishes competing for the stove: It’s not easy to roast a turkey and sweet potatoes for 20 at the same time. The best solution is to make food in advance, like one of the dishes that follow. More