2 chapters across the catalog
A personal account of a "date night" cooking class at Sur La Table involves learning to prepare creme brulee, popovers, and a creamy kale dish with shallots. The instruction included specific techniques for dicing shallots and searing meat in a cast-iron skillet. The experience is described as a birthday gift that combined culinary education with social interaction and wine.
Alexander Popov, Radio Invention History, and Tree Antennas
A US Army Electronics Command PDF describes the use of trees as radio antennas in tropical jungles. This leads to a historical review of Alexander Popov, the Russian scientist credited in Eastern Europe with inventing radio before Marconi and Tesla. Popov's 1895 lightning detector is cited as the first practical radio receiver.
