Beaten seared and sauced . Looking at the cover book picture I am reminded of the egg seperators that we saw at the Fountain Hills art and craft fair. small cups that look like an owl with a slit for a mouth that will stop the yellow from leaving the cup. You have seen many optical illusions where same sized white and dark squares appear different size. Try mit checker shadow illusion . But how about palate manipulation with light and dark chocolate assortments. Magus CIA professor had vegetables cuts cast in plastic so that the aspiring chefs had something to compare against while sharpening their cutting skills. Chasseur Fricassee Gribiche . Lebovitz's take Arepa Gastrique Moo goo gai pan The truth of tea leaves picked by trained monkeys . seasoning the pan When the author talks about identifying everything on the table by taste, I was reminded of the scene in Hereafter where the culinary class has to recognise the igredients when blindfolded, by taste. ...