Gourmet airline menus lure travelers with celebrity chefs
Airlines tout upgraded first class meals crafted by famous chefs. United features Charlie Trotter prawns and rib wontons to South America and Japan, while American highlights rosemary shrimp with lemon rice in Europe. Delta collaborates with Michelle Bernstein for hot entrees and Randé Gerber signature cocktails. Coach seats see limited options as costs rise and meals shrink. Continental remains the sole major carrier offering free economy dining designed by chefs.
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Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International
Erlanger
South America
Japan
United Airlines
Charlie Trotter
Europe
American Airlines
Stephan Pyles
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Miami
Michelle Bernstein
Randé Gerber
Jake Frank
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Continental
U.S
Congress of Chefs
Delta Air Lines
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Oil paints traced to seventh century in Asia
A Tokyo historian leads a study showing 12 of 50 Bamiyan caves from the seventh to tenth centuries used oil-based paints, predating European oil painting. Researchers used gas chromatography and synchrotron analysis to identify walnut and poppy seed drying oils as binders, with Silk Road itinerant artists likely behind the works.
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Europe
Bamiyan
Afghanistan
Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy
Yoko Taniguchi
National Research Institute For Cultural Properties
Tokyo
Getty Conservation Institute
Los Angeles
Grenoble
France
Central Asia
China
Taniguchi
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