At seven o'clock Sunday night, I was surrounded by almost one hundred thirty 2.5 inch square cookies, which were due the following day. Only a dozen had been iced, and I was already getting tired. I had been working since eight that morning. I had never made sugar cookies with royal icing before, so if I messed anything up, I would fail my chemistry project. Although I only received four hours of sleep that night, I didn't mess up. Give or...

Everyone belongs to many different communities and/or groups defined by (among other things) shared geography, religion, ethnicity, income, cuisine, interest, race, ideology, or intellectual heritage. Choose one of the communities to which you belong, and describe that community and your place within it. "These are disgusting," I remarked to my friend at another computer next to me, whilst pointing at the bag of reduced fat school chips I just discarded. "Why are you always criticizing food?" I have never...