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Hello Fodorites, I have followed so many of other family's trips the last few months and your comments/suggestions to them has helped me so much in planning our trip. Many of our tours are through our Congressman so I have had to redo our schedule every time we have gotten an update from them. Any suggestions or changes will be greatly appreciated!!
Saturday, June 8
Arrive Dulles 4:00pm (We leave SFO at 6:25am)
Thinking town car is the best route to take to Apartment near Eastern Market Metro
Dinner suggestions:
The Tortilla Cafe on 7th St.
Ugly Mug on 8th St.,
Matchbox, yummy pizza and pasta.
Sunday, June 9
Eastern Market get food and check it out, Eastern Market (tip: try the pancakes, they are fantastic
12:15-1:45 National Archives – have tickets
2-4 Ford's Theater – have tickets/tour
4:15-5:15 Old Post Office
Maybe a bit of American History Museum, if we have it in us
Dinner at Apartment
Monday, June 10
Capitol tour for 9:45-11:15, Cannon House Office Building South of the Capitol – have appointment
Lunch, Good Stuff Eatery, Ted's Bulletin, open to suggestions
Noon-3:30 Natural History Museum
A bit more of American History if time
Dinner with friends, their pick
Tuesday, June 11
Library of Congress 8:45 – have tour
10-1:30 National Gallery of Art
2:15 Dept of State for 2:45-3:45 tour – have appointment
Einstein Memorial
Exterior of Eisenhower Executive Office Building?
A bit more of American History if time
Dinner at Apartment
Wednesday, June 12
Air and Space
Jefferson Memorial?
Dinner in or out? If we eat at the apartment I can get some laundry done
7:30p Monuments Tour Night – Departs from the Old Post Office
• START AT: Old Post Office
• US Capitol Building
• World War II Memorial
• Vietnam Memorial
• Lincoln Memorial
• Korean War Memorial
• Iwo Jima Memorial
• Martin Luther King Memorial
• White House
END AT: Old Post Office
Thursday, June 13
Anything we can squeeze in or sleep and pack
Noon Metro to Reagan for our flight to Orlando at 2:37 (Am I giving us enough time?)
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Hello Fodorites, I have followed so many of other family's trips the last few months and your comments/suggestions to them has helped me so much in planning our trip. Many of our tours are through our Congressman so I have had to redo our schedule every time we have gotten an update from them. Any suggestions or changes will be greatly appreciated!!
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No comments as I am just starting to look for info for a trip we will be making to DC sometime this summer as our son will be there on a temporary assignment for three or four months starting at the end of May. Interested in what responses you get!
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One of my favorite restaurants on the Hill is Monte,ate. Excellent French food in a casual, nice atmosphere. zest on 8th St is also good. I like Matchbox's pizza. Not so keen on Tortilla Cafe.
have a fun trip.
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@ SeeHag You have come to the right place! The advice has been so amazing!
Thank you yestravel, we are eating out more than planned, so really need help with that planning.
I neglected to mention that my girls are 11 and 14.
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Hi, LMichael,
One thing that I noticed about your itinerary is that American History Museum is tucked into the end of one day "if there's time" and the beginning of another "if there's time."
American History is really a great museum. Not sure where you're coming from but many cities have a good (if not great) natural history museum. Nobody has American history on the level of the Smithsonian. So I hate to see you minimize that.
I also would have you explore exactly what your Library of Congress tour covers. Hands down that was the most disappointing tour of our two week trip. Briefly, the general tour we took focused on the construction of the Library of Congress building rather than all the fascinating details about the Library of Congress's collection of materials. We learned about what part of Italy the marble was brought in from, and some of the stories behind the paintings on the walls and ceilings. I love history and this was not history at its most compelling. I was later told that your congressman has the "specialized" tours for you to sign up at.
Hopefully this link will get you to the day of my trip report which talks about the Library of Congress:
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Hi 5alive. It was your report that did not have the Library of Congress on my original list, until our Congressman got us the tour. I will check with them and make sure it is the "specialized" tour. Thank you for the suggestion. You are also so right about the American History Museum. I originally had 4 hours scheduled there, but with all the tours times coming in, our schedule changed drastically. We had a tour at the Kennedy Center, but there was just no time for it. I was hoping someone would be able to tweak our schedule to give us a solid amount of time there. I choose the American because it is one of the smaller museums.
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Easy for me, but it depends on your interests. I would do away with the 3:30 spent at the Natural History Museum on Monday and spend it at the American History Museum instead.
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It all looks good to me.
Where is apartment (roughly)?
There are a number of pleasant walking routes between the Eastern Market area and the Capitol/LOC area. I can give some suggestions depending on where in the Eastern Market area you're based. I assume you'll be returning to the apartment on Sunday, June 9 after visiting Eastern Market to drop off food and your other shopping items. DO spend some time at the flea market looking at all the wonderful artists, craftsmen, and collectibles booths. Good stuff.
FWIW - The wait for a table at Matchbox on a Saturday night will be LONG!!! (1 hour?)
I like to eat in the last night of an apartment stay so as not to throw away too many leftovers
If you decide to go out your final night's dinner, however, some other area ideas are (Google for menus):
Montmartre (pricey but oh so sublime)...call and reserve. Hands down the best dining in the neighborhood.
Seventh Hill Pizza - next door to and same owners as Montmarte. Very limited seating. Best pizza in all of DC, IMHO.
Belga Cafe (Wonderful Belgian food and beers...call and reserve)
Levi's Port Cafe - cheap and wonderful comfort food (get the pork ribs, greens, mac&cheese, hush puppies, and sweet potato pie) - just show up.
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I would also consider grocery shopping at the Harris Teeter at 1350 Potomac Ave. SE - about 7 blocks from Easter Market Metro or one Metro stop away (Potomac Ave. Metro). Eastern Market is good for meats, cheeses, breads, fruits & vegetables but won't have any packaged items or other kitchen necessities. You'll want a real grocery for those.
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@ SF7303, you really have me thinking. We really love history, might just switch the Natural to "fitting in" and the American to Monday slot.
@ bardo1 We are on I Street SE, between 6th and 7th streets SE. Thank you for the recommendation for restaurants. We are not getting a rental car, taking the Metro to most places.
Packing all of the dry stuff. Milk will be my biggest challenge to get.
Also agree on not wasting food. I know it sounds a bit crazy but we plan on freezing some of the meat and packing it in our suitcase to take to Orlando (also keep the cheeses cold, we are so excited about the Eastern Market!). We will be poolside the first few days and plan on BBQing.
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The other Smithsonian I would recommend and is open later than the rest is the Portrait Gallery. Would fit in decently after Ford's Theatre (relatively close to it) if you could slide the Old PO someplace else.
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I agree with the above comments regarding the American History Museum. It is my absolute favorite........and it's not a "small" museum. It's four stories packed full of so many fascinating exhibits! I could easily spend an entire day there.
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I have changed the American History and Natural History in the schedule and I have emailed my Congressman's assistant to see what tour we have at the Library of Congress, if it is the architectural/building of tour I will cancel and slot something else in.
@ bardo1, great point about what restaurants will be like on Saturday. Any suggestions for delivery or take out. I know we will be exhausted, my kids have not napped since they were 2/3 years old, even with getting up at 3:30a they will not sleep on the plane. Would rather get something fast and go to bed early to be ready for our next 4 days.
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That all sounds good. Should a tour not sound appealing, you can also just visit the Library of Congress. You also can walk up and peer through the glass in the reading room on the upper floor. Not a big deal. Also the special exhibits the tours do not show you, you go see those on your own.
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Thank you 5alive, that might be a really good option! I was planning a bit of a sleep in day for my 11 year old that day until we received the email for the tour, I know she will need it.
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February 20th, 2014 09:20 AM #21Senior Member
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This is not sibling relationship based, but if you are birthing these children, the World Health Organizations recommends spacing of not less than 3 and not more than 5 years. Apparently, pregnancy risks increase with closer spacer than 3 years or longer spacing than 5 years.
I thought that was interesting, since 2 years seems to be the default around here. I have also always thought this was interesting since age 2 is pretty universally understood to be one of the most challenging ages. Many of our mom friends have told us to adopt again sooner rather than later so that we can "get it all over with" more quickly. I don't want to get it over with quickly. I have really enjoyed my son's whole life. I know some people don't like the baby stage or don't like the toddler stage, but I have liked all of the parts so far, and I just want to enjoy all of it.
Not to say that is anyone else's motivation for closer child spacing, just that this idea seems prevalent among the moms I know in person, that you want to get all of the baby stuff done with at once.
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I think that it's all personal. Siblings that are twins can grow up disliking each other & siblings with huge age gaps can end up best friends.
My sister is 7 years younger and growing up it did feel unusual. I knew plenty of people with big age gaps, but it was usually something like 2 sisters close in age & their much older step sister or something like a family of 6 kids that range from baby to adult, but my scenario of only one sibling with a big gap yet sharing both parents was not popular.
Basically, I was excited when she was a baby and as time passed we drifted apart. We reconnected when she was in late high school and struggling with coming out to my family. Even if she hadn't leaned on me during that time I think that when she moved out for college she would've been calling me for advice and we would've become close during that time. Now we're best friends!
February 21st, 2014 10:38 AM #25catloverd Guest
I think I would say 10 years apart is too much, but my husband is the youngest in his family of 4 and his eldest sister is 10 years apart from him. So I think 10 is too much between the first 2, that is if you expect the children to be best buddies. That most likely won't happen due to the age gap.
My ideal would be 4-5 years apart. That way they both get equal amounts of attention when they need it... but I only plan on having one child since I didn't enjoy having a sibling at all...
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For us another factor in the two year age gap is that it's impossible to predict how long you'll be TTC. It took us eight months to get pregnant with my son so when we started trying when he was a little over a year we assumed it would take a little while to actually conceive. We found out we were expecting my daughter two weeks to the day we started TTC. We were thrilled but were amazed that it had happened so fast. Of course many families have the opposite thing happen getting pregnant immediately or without trying with their and then spending awhile TTC their second landing them a larger then expected age gap.
My brother and I are nearly six years apart. We aren't really close and I feel like at times I'm more of an authority figure to him then a friend. He's still relatively young (24) and still in college so perhaps after he's finished his education and out in the "real world" he'll grow up a bit and we'll get along better however we have very different personalities so we might not have been close no matter our age difference.Mother to: Patrick Werner (3/10) , Mary Claire (06/12) and Margaret Rose (05/15)
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I'm fortunate to have a great stream 2 miles from home. The water has been high and muddy for the past week, but I decided to try for smallmouth at 4:00pm today. The water was a bit high, and only slightly off color. This is a spot I fish quite a bit, and it reliably produces smallmouth in the 4-12" range, along with an endless number of huge sunfish. The bottom is rock. Not rocky, but sheets of rock. Some of the areas are rocky, and some of the solid rock has channels carved down to 5 feet (at average water levels). The nice smallmouth can be seen holding in these carved channels, but as we all know, once we see them.....
My rod was the usual 8'6" 4wt that I use this time of year, and a #10 Wooly Bugger was tied to a 9' 3X leader. The plan was to slobber on the bugger before reaching the stream, and to come up on that channel from downstream. I tried that many times last year, but was never able to get one of the larger smallmouth. This section isn't fished very much, but a small group of worm dunkers does set up shop right next to the channel, and then casts into the next county. My hope was that the smallmouth wouldn't be shy after a long winter, and I cast my bugger upstream twice before the line stopped. There's no mistaking a smallmouth take, at least for me. The closest thing in the animal kingdom would be an unruly large dog on a leash, and this dog decided to head downstream! After successfully managing to keep the smallmouth out of the main current, I was able to steer him into a shallow pool.
Here's an overview of the stream:
And a pic of the channel where the smallmouth was holding:
You can see that seam of calm water on the left of the center pic, and that was what allowed me to land this fish. It did make a few runs toward the center, but never made it down into the riffles. It was close, however, and the large rock on the left had a shallow pool that I was able to steer Rover into. It was 83 degrees, and I still had things to do, so I packed it up and left. My boots got wet, but my waders stayed dry. I've caught big fish shortly upon arriving at a stream, and then nothing for the next two hours. While I did cast to a few more likely spots, I was back in my Jeep within 20 minutes after suiting up. People often tell me that I should make a trip to some stream or another that has really good fishing (trout and smallmouth). My personal preference is to explore the waters I'm most familiar with, and not have to familiarize myself with strange streams after a long drive. It might seem boring to some, but there's rarely a day that I'm bored on my local streams.
P.S. I have a 16" mark on that rod, and this fish came close to 15". That's a 3.5" reel.


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car depending on where the car is being driven, the car
model and the length of the contract. The cars are equipped
with a tracking device to show where and how far they are
traveling so advertisers can be assured they are getting
their money's worth.
But Leslie Savan, a longtime ad critic for The Village
Voice, said she found it depressing that people were
willing to convert their cars into ad vehicles.
``It sort of sad that we can't draw any lines anymore
between having a private life and a life that is up for
sale,'' she said.
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Russian Germ Warfare Antidote Gives Kids Smallpox
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - At least eight children in Russia's
Far East have contracted a mild form of smallpox from discarded
vaccine ampoules which a local clinic kept in case of germ warfare
attack, officials said on Monday.
Few people living today -- even doctors -- have had any experience of
smallpox, which has been officially eradicated worldwide. The last
case of the disease was registered in 1977 in Africa and countries
stopped vaccinating against it in 1980.
Dmitry Maslov, chief local medical inspector, told Reuters the
children's infections did not put their lives in danger and could not
spread to others. NTV commercial television said the young boys and
girls' faces were likely to be scarred for life.
Maslov said doctors in the regional capital Vladivostok had trouble
diagnosing eight children aged six to 12 who had been taken to
hospital with fever and severe rashes.
Their condition was pinned down to smallpox when doctors discovered
that the children had played with glass ampoules they found in the
dustbin of the local epidemiological center.
The center kept dozens of boxes of smallpox vaccine to combat a
possible enemy germ attack, as required by civil defense rules. When
the vaccine expired the medics threw the ampoules away instead of
destroying them, he said.
NTV said discarded boxes were strewn over a large area.
A prosecutor told Reuters officials expected to charge managers of the
epidemiological center with criminal negligence.
Over the last years there have been a number of reported cases of
Russians contracting various diseases, including AIDS, due to alleged
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How quickly things change. Not long ago, the educational
establishment derided the idea of homeschooling, claiming that mere
parents couldn't teach kids adequately -- after all, education is for
professionals. But now, after homeschool students swept this year's
national spelling bee, the education elites are objecting that these
are too well-educated.
The Israeli government is weighing handing over the Jerusalem
suburbs of Abu Dis and Eizariya to full Palestinian control on
Friday, when the third West Bank redeployment under the interim
accords is to have taken place, Palestinian sources said yesterday.
The European Union is getting ready to recognize a Palestinian
state if one is declared in September, whether by agreement with
Israel or unilaterally. A special committee of EU officials is
currently discussing the status of the European consulates in
Jerusalem after the EU recognizes a Palestinian state with east
Jerusalem as its capital.
An Oxford team is considering the possibility of reconstructing the
1918 influenza virus which killed 20 million people around the world.
experiment would have to be done in the strictest possible
Professor George Brownlee of the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology
Oxford, said. Its aim would be to try to discover just what made the
1918 "Spanish flu" so deadly, and to devise better protection against
future flu pandemics.
The homosexual rights movement in American religion has its eyes on a
prize - the wedding declaration: "Those whom God has joined together
no one put asunder." For the past two decades, advocates in churches
synagogues have argued that God will bless unions of homosexuals - and
perhaps other kinds of adult, consensual combinations.
The Vatican said Monday that it will publish the details of the
Third Secret of Fatima, described as a vision that predicted the
assassination attempt on Pope John Paul. A copy of the text of the
secret and a commentary by the Vatican's most senior doctrinal
official, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, will be published on June 26 and
explained at a news conference.
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Subject: [BPR] - Eighth Wonder to be created in Britain
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Eighth Wonder to be created in Britain
Scientists are building a garden containing three of the world's climate
zones under gigantic geodesic domes -- the highest and largest
free-standing scaffolding structure on the planet.
June 19, 2000, 03:06 PM
LONDON (Reuters) - Tucked away in a tiny corner of southwestern England
on a peninsula jutting out into the sea, scientists are trying to create
the Eighth Wonder of the World. In a huge quarry crater, they are
building a garden containing three of the world's climate zones under
gigantic geodesic domes -- the highest and largest free-standing
scaffolding structure on the planet.
When the Eden Project is completed in the spring of 2001, it will house
more than 80,000 plants in a cathedral-sized rainforest dripping with
tropical vegetation, in lush Mediterranean groves overflowing with olive
and citrus plants and in the native flora of Cornwall or the Atlantic
The size of 35 football pitches, it will be the world's biggest
greenhouse -- large enough to contain Big Ben or the leaning Tower of
Pisa under its domed ceiling.
Adam and Eve will be missing but a hissing serpent will remind visitors
of the consequences of global warming.
"We have something unique," said Professor Sir Ghillean Prance, a former
director of Britain's Royal Botanical Gardens and an adviser to the Eden
Dr Tony Kendle, a restoration ecologist at Reading University who has
also worked on the project, describes it as a showcase for conservation
and biodiversity.
Hidden in quarry
On the winding country roads of Cornwall on England's southern-most tip,
the geodesic structures -- bigger than the Millennium Dome in London or
the City Palace in Berlin -- are hidden from view in the former deep
china clay quarry and protected from the coastal winds.
The massive domes, which are due to be completed by September, seem to
sprout up mysteriously from the harsh landscape as visitors approach
what is still a building site.
Despite its unfinished state, the Eden Project, a charity and
educational institute, has already attracted up to 4,000 visitors a day
during a recent holiday weekend.
Organisers hope to lure 75,000 visitors a year when the 80 million pound
($121 million) project is completed next year, giving a big boost to
Cornwall, which has been designated one of the poorest areas in the
European Union.
"It's a unique after-use of a quarry," said Neal Barnes, the
construction facilities manager, explaining the unusual problems the
site and structure posed.
Before even beginning to build the domes, construction crews shifted 1.8
million tonnes of earth and designed a drainage and recycling system to
handle the 20,000 bathfuls of water a day that come on to the site.
The project founders selected architects Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners,
creators of London's international train terminal at Waterloo station,
to design the covered domes or "biomes".
The structure spans 110 metres (361 ft) at its widest point with no
internal supports. The builders chose a material called ETFE (ethyl
tetra fluoro ethylene) to cover each hexagonal panel because it is
lighter than glass and not degraded by sunlight.
"It is extremely strong, very lightweight and more transparent than
glass, anti-static and self-cleaning," said Barnes. "It is also expected
to last at least 25 years."
Three layers of ETFE are welded together at the edges to form huge
pillows that are inflated two metres (6.5 feet) deep. Each pillow is
strong enough to hold the weight of a rugby team and bigger than a
London taxi cab.
Brainchild of scientists
As inspiring as the structures are, the real focus of the Eden Project
is the tens of thousands of plants they will contain. The project's
mission is to promote an understanding of the importance of plants and
their relationship to humans.
It was the brainchild of scientists Philip McMillan Browse, Peter Thoday
and Tim Smit (eds: correct) who were working on the restoration of the
lost gardens of Heligan in Cornwall.
Over countless pints of beer in country pubs they hatched the idea.
It was originally designed to attract more tourists to the rural area,
economically blighted by the loss of local industry and increasingly
dependent on vacationers who flock to its unspoiled beaches and
Against the odds and without a formal board or bureaucratic committees,
the original triumvirate and a dedicated team secured a 37.5 million
pound grant from Britain's Millennium Commission in October 1998 and
were on their way.
In contrast to the Millennium Dome -- the 758 million pound highly
criticised London attraction that has had difficulty enticing tourists
-- Eden's team has been taken aback by the stream of visitors to the
building site.
The Eden Project will close temporarily in September to allow the
scientists to begin transferring the plants they have been growing for
the past two years in a nearby nursery in preparation for the opening
next spring.
When the human tropics, warm temperate and temperate biomes -- plus a
visitor centre, restaurant, outdoor amphitheatre, classrooms and a host
of educational ploys incorporating science with theatre, art and music
-- are complete, the Eden team hope visitors will be inspired by what
they find. � 2000 Reuters
[Yikes... I wonder how many species of artemisia (wormwood) are they
going to stuff in there, sheesh! ~ Khaz]
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August 7th, 2011 Artists, Concept Art, Feature
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I was disappointed to miss out on the first closed beta of TERA in Europe and having to wait until next year for the full release! Seung Jin Woo, who also goes by the alias moonwalker1 is a Korean conceptual artist who has had the pleasure to work with Bluehole Studio who are the developers of TERA, the true action combat MMORPG
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In setting out to blog about food, the psychology of it, and its impact on our brains and bodies, I wanted to begin with what should be, in the best of circumstances, our first food. I'll get there in a minute, by way of a new study about the elusive fifth flavor, umami.
Until recently, the concept of a fifth flavor was not widely accepted in the United States. Outside of Japan, the word umami was virtually unheard of beyond the kitchens and tables of chefs and food fanatics. Add umami to the quartet of sweet, sour, salty and bitter. Umami is widely known to enhance all other flavors.
New research from Philadelphia's Monell Chemical Senses Center, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, proves that our tongues really do have receptors for umami. It is just that the signaling pathways are different from those of all the four other flavors.
It turns out that breast milk has a tremendous amount of umami in it. I should say, human breast milk, since cow milk seems to have only trace amounts of umami (10 to 20 times less than human milk).
Umami serves as a signaling device to alert our brains and bodies to the presence of protein. Now if you are reading this, you probably don't suffer from a shortage of protein, but much of the rest of the world still does, and we all did until quite recently in human history. (Those woolly mammoths were not quite as easy to fell as a feedlot steer.) So just as bitterness seems to serve a warning role, alerting our taste receptors and brains to a possible poison, and saltiness signals the presence of healthful minerals, umami is there, at least in part, to say, "hey, good source of protein here, get it while it's hot."
Like the four other primary flavors, umami is part of our survival equipment. In a world before the FDA and nutrition labels on foods, we had only our taste receptors to guide us. The umami taste helps us to identify—and favor—protein-rich foods. Umami is the taste quality associated with numerous amino acids, especially the amino acid L-glutamate, or glutamic acid, which also happens to be the most abundant neurotransmitter in our nervous system.
Glutamate, does that sound familiar? As in monosodium glutamate, the bad boy of take-out Chinese food? Yes, that is the very same stuff; you can find it at your local Asian market by the packet or the ten-pound bag. Most bouillon cubes are loaded with it. Accent brand "flavor enhancer" advertises that it has 60% less sodium than salt, which is true, since it is almost pure MSG. The fast-food industry uses tons of the stuff. Why? MSG is like the crack cocaine of flavor: a synthesized chemical reduction of what would otherwise be a perfectly healthy and naturally occurring substance.
Truth be told, MSG itself really does not appear to be that harmful, even in large doses. High levels of glutamate are naturally present in many protein-rich foods, including meats and cheeses, vegetables such as mushrooms, peas and tomatoes. And it is present in what is meant to be our first food, human breast milk.
Soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce are basically liquid umami in a bottle. Most meats and protein-rich foods are full of it: chicken stock, beef, miso. Shiitake and many other mushrooms are rich in umami. The word itself is on loan from Japanese, and translates to something closest to tasty, brothy, meaty, or savory. A Japanese scientist at Tokyo Imperial University coined the term more than a hundred years ago, in 1908, to describe the qualities of dashi, a broth made from seaweed, shiitake, and dried bonito fish flakes.
Parmesan cheese is loaded with umami, which is why pasta, or just about anything savory, tastes better with it sprinkled on it (save the rinds of your Parmesan wedge to add to soup or stock for a serious flavor boost). Parmesan is not alone; many hard fermented cheeses are rich sources of umami—my friends and I used to refer to these as the cheeses that made your mouth itch. Fermentation most often produces the glutamates and the richest sources of umami: wine, cheeses, yeast (think Vegemite and Marmite, too). Anchovies are loaded with umami and are incorporated into so many local dishes from Scotland to Japan and all points in between.
Southeast Asian cuisine relies heavily on fermented shrimp paste and fish sauce for its umami qualities. Thai and Vietnamese cooking wouldn't be the same without it.
I should be fair to my own culinary and genealogical heritage and note that Italians have their own version of this called Garum Colatura, which dates back to ancient Rome—literally the castings or "leakage" from the bottom of the barrel, when preserving and packing anchovies in salt. Stinky stuff. It is a principal ingredient in many dishes to be had south of Naples, along the Amalfi coast. Here in the States, it's harder to come by, but the acclaimed Zingerman's deli and their amazing food catalog have it. It's an exotic import and much more expensive than the Asian equivalent.
Even if umami is old hat to you, you might not realize how many calorie-laden and carbo-rich snack foods are loaded with it. The new findings suggest it is downright unfair, a kind of bait-and-switch played on the brain, to heavily dose empty calorie snack foods with umami, because it makes us want to eat—and eat—them.
I dare you to go look in your pantry, or stroll down the snack foods aisle, even at your gourmet organic emporium whatever. Hydrolyzed vegetable protein? Torula, autolyzed, or hydrolyzed yeast? How about the oh so healthy sounding yeast extract or soy extract? Hmmmm, what about protein isolate? These all qualify as natural flavorings, and many are even organic. They are really just MSG in its natural state. Now that is not such a bad thing in and of itself, but think about it: Glutamates are there to signal our brains and enhance other flavors so that we consume proteins.
What does it mean when we adulterate all of these high-fat snacks and carbo-rich, protein-poor foods with glutamates? Surprise: We eat tons of them, and we end up supersized. Not so smart, but don't tell that to Frito-Lay, the Colonel, or that happy clown under those smiling golden arches. What do their french fries have that yours or mine don't? "Natural beef flavor," which according to McDonald's contains hydrolyzed wheat—you guessed it, basically MSG that the FDA says does not have to be labled as such.
What is the "natural" process that yields hydrolyzed wheat? Boiling the grains in hydrochloric acid and then bathing them in a neutralizing solution of sodium hydroxide (that would be lye). I apologize, I said at the begining that this would be a blog about food. Somehow we have arrived at a less natural process than simmering mushrooms and fish flakes in broth. But you try pulling away from a drive-thru window with a steaming bowl of miso soup.


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Senate approves basing grants on academics
Updated 7:40 am, Thursday, April 7, 2011
The state Senate passed a measure Wednesday to raise the academic bar when awarding TEXAS grants, the state's need-based financial aid program.
Students must be financially needy to qualify, but those with a strong academic record will be first in line to receive the money under the proposed legislation.
As it is now, the grants are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, and there never is enough money to go around.
Budget proposals would slash TEXAS grants by 41 percent over the next two years, ensuring the shortage will worsen.
Because academically prepared students graduate at higher rates, supporters said, the bill would give Texas more bang for its limited buck.
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"We have worked on access, now we are focusing on success," the bill's author, State Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, said of the measure, which passed 24-7
Opponents, however, are concerned the bill would shut out minority students.
"I think it is the wrong step and will widen the gap in college participation, not close it," said state Sen. Rodney Ellis, a Houston Democrat.
Under the measure, institutions would continue to receive grant allocations based on enrollment of low-income students, but would be required to distribute the money based on an academic "priority model" that looks at grade point average, class rank and difficulty of courses.
Of students who meet the academic criteria, the neediest will be served first.
Budget writers have also proposed a 41 percent cut to Tuition Equalization Grants, or TEG, which are given to around 30,000 needy students attending private schools.
The presidents of San Antonio's three private Catholic institutions, which largely enroll low-income, minority, first generation students, said cutting the $105 million TEG program will hamper their ability to make private education affordable to poor students.
Charles Cotrell, president of St. Mary's University, said TEG is thrifty for the state. Each student costs the state an average of $3,441 per year, half the cost of bankrolling a student at a public university. Plus, private schools tend to have higher retention and graduation rates than public schools, he said.
"We are pulling the plug on access. It's unethical, unjust and short-sighted," said Tessa Martinez Pollack, president of Our Lady of the Lake University.
Lou Agnese, president of University of the Incarnate Word, said he hopes the Texas Senate will soften the cuts.
Agnese, who often travels to China to visit UIW's Asian campus, said the Chinese spent decades emulating America's higher education system, and now are puzzled by the cuts.
"This is looked at as the dumbest thing we could ever do in this country," Agnese said. "I used to defend (America); now, I agree with" the Chinese.


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