First Course; Level Cup of Science Leavens Myths

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The other day, a reader called asking how she might fix a pot of too-salty soup.

I gave her the standard line: Add a cut potato it will absorb the excess salt.

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First Course; Level Cup of Science Leavens Myths

Oops.

I should have checked first with Robert Wolke.

Wolke, a retired chemistry professor as comfortable with a pastry tube as a test tube, has devoted the second half of his career to unraveling scientific mysteries for the public.

His two latest books "What Einstein Told His Cook" (2002) and the brand-new "Wha...

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