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Martini or Manhattan is, in the mixologist’s lexicon, one whose vermouth quotient is made up of equal parts sweet and dry vermouths. The practice of mixing the vermouths dates back at least to 1901, with the name coming along by the early 1920s. The Perfect Martini fell out of fashion after World War II, but the Perfect Manhattan has retained a small constituency....

A&P dominated the grocery business in the United States for much of the twentieth century. It had a particularly large

On 20 June 1919, Roy Allen opened a root beer stand in Lodi, California, brewing the beverage from a

A brand of brown sauce. The recipe was created in 1824 by H. W. Brand, who was chef to

Orycteropus afer, an animal of southern Africa which is truly ‘one of a kind’; it has no relations, although it can be counted as a member of the category of ...

the common name used since the mid-19th century in N. America, and now generally adopted, for large single-shell molluscs of the genus ...

Now considered a luxury shellfish, abalone is found on the Pacific Rim and along the coast of California. The commercial

A shellfish (mollusc), Haliotus spp., also known as ormer, paua, or sea ear. An 85g serving provides 89kcal (372kJ), 14.5g

is a long spoon with a small bowl and (usually) a twisted handle used to stir cocktails and direct the flow of poured ingredients for drinks like pousse-cafes. See ...

is a washed-rind cheese produced from raw cow’s milk by the monks at Abbaye Notre-Dame de Tamié in the Savoie department, France. The cheese has a thin disk shape and comes in two sizes, Grand Modèle (4 pounds [1.6 kilograms]) and Petit Modèle (21 ounces [600 grams]). About 882 pounds (400 kilograms) of the cheese is produced daily from the milk collected from eight surrounding farms....

are beers produced in the styles made famous by Belgian Trappist monks, but not actually brewed within the walls of a monastery. Today, the terms “Trappist,” “Trappistes,” and “Trappisten” or any similar derivation comprise an “appellation ...

medium sweet wines.

acronym for the weary sentiment ‘Anything But Chardonnay (or Cabernet)’ which encouraged interest in grapes other than the (two most famous) ...

ATP-binding cassette proteins; a family of cell membrane transport proteins that bind and hydrolyse ATP, linked to active uptake into,

An easy and effective exercise for strengthening the abdominal muscles. It may be performed almost anytime and anywhere, while sitting, standing, or lying down. All you need to do is tense your abdominal (stomach) muscles for a few seconds while breathing out. This causes the muscles to contract without producing any movement of the trunk and hips. Be careful not to overstrain. ...

An exercise to test and develop your ability to sustain contractions of abdominal muscles.

▪ Lie on your back with your knees bent and your lower back pressed gently into the floor. Place your hands in a relaxed position on the top of your thighs. Keep your lower back flat on the floor and slowly curl up to touch your knees with your hands; hold the position for as long as possible: 35 to 60 seconds indicates a good level of endurance. Beginners should not attempt to hold for more than 60 seconds....

Four pairs of muscles, often referred to as the stomach muscles, that support and protect the contents of the abdomen and help you to breathe out forcibly. (The technical names for the four pairs of muscles are the rectus abdominis, external oblique, internal oblique, and the transversus abdominis.) Strong and healthy abdominal muscles support the back during lifting by stabilizing the vertebral column. If the muscles are weakened by lack of exercise they become pendulous, forming a ‘pot-belly’. Despite claims to the contrary (...

A muscle that moves a part of the body away from the midline, or causes the fingers or toes to spread apart....

A simple exercise for strengthening the abductor muscles in the groin.

▪ Lie on your right side with both legs straight and together. Support your upper body with your right arm. Lift your left leg upwards slowly and smoothly; arch your back slightly so that the leg does not move forwards. Hold the position for a few seconds then gently lower the leg. Repeat the exercise on the other side....

drink made from yoghurt with soda water, and sometimes also vodka.