Food: what a surprise!

CooCo, What Can I Cook Today? Surprise Me

In this paper a heuristic computer-based approach is described to vary cooking recipes by replacing ingredients. Conceptually, the approach is integrated in a speech dialogue system. The approach is based on a scoring system. The score value is used to rate different ingredients as candidates to substitute a specific ingredient of a recipe. This substitution score depends on different factors: ...

Bacteria spring a surprise

Elastic forces within DNA drive the segregation of chromosomes in bacteria.

A Surprise Follow-Up.

A little surprise packet.

What Is Food Irradiation

What Is Food Irradiation Food irradiation preserves meat, produce, and seasonings with highenergy gamma rays to improve product safety and shelf life. Spices, seasonings, potatoes, fresh fruits and vegetables, and meats and poultry may be irradiated. This method of preservation prevents growth of food poisoning bacteria, destroys parasites, and delays ripening of fruits and vegetables. Food irr...