https://www.scmp.com/rss/320623/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com On the last morning of his life, Shinzo Abe arrived in the Japanese city of Nara, famous for its ancient pagodas and sacred deer. His destination was more prosaic: a broad urban intersection across from the city’s main railway station, where he would be giving a speech to endorse a lawmaker running for re-election to the National Diet, Japan’s parliament. Abe had retired two years earlier, but because he was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, his name carried enormous weight. The date was... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3237666/shinzo-abe-assassination-true-power-japan-cult-alleged-killer-says-he-really-targeted?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3237666/shinzo-abe-assassination-true-power-japan-cult-alleged-killer-says-he-really-targeted?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Oct 2023 23:15:09 +0000 It was dinnertime and Hervé This (pronounced "Tees") was preparing a steak. Explaining that a pleasant sirloin is 40 per cent water and 60 per cent protein, the French chemistry professor dumped four tablespoons of water into six tablespoons of powdered egg. (As it happens, he was wrong: the proportions are closer to 70 per cent water, 20 per cent protein and 10 per cent fat.) In went a pinch of allyl isothiocyanate, for a mustardy kick. "What about having the potato in the steak, instead of... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1854641/father-molecular-gastronomy-herve-claims-have-solved-world?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1854641/father-molecular-gastronomy-herve-claims-have-solved-world?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Sep 2015 16:00:15 +0000