Marshmallows Research Articles

What’s in marshmallows, and how do the ingredients work together to make ooey-gooey treats?

What’s in marshmallows, and how do the ingredients work together to make ooey-gooey treats?

Heart Speaks to Heart: Women of the Book in Conversation

Muslim and Catholic teenage girls discussing dating and marriage . . . Jewish and Catholic women studying the Bible together . . . Jewish, Christian, and Muslim moms sharing kosher marshmallows. These are just a few snapshots of the conversations taking place between Jewish, Christian, and Muslim “women of the book” in Chicago. “People of the book” (ahl al-kitab) is a Qur’anic term Muslims use to describe religions centered on a revealed text, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Christians and Jews would not necessarily define themselves in this manner, but I have used the term “women of the book” in my title because it is a convenient way to group these three monotheistic faiths. “Heart speaks to heart” is the famous saying of Cardinal John Henry Newman that, I believe, captures the essence of the kind of dialogue that often takes place between Jewish, Christian, and Muslim women. This article is not intended to be an exhaustive survey of all the dialogues between Jews, Catholics, and Muslims in Chicago. Rather, I will simply use broad strokes to describe some of the incredibly rich conversations that have been taking place here between “women of the book.”

The Science of Marshmallows: What's Going on with Willpower?

The Science of Marshmallows: What's Going on with Willpower?

Buffalo and Marshmallows

Buffalo and Marshmallows John Yau It’s an old glory when a toenail crocodile named Greta Gabo boasts that any tall thumb tucking pimple popper still in touch with the bottom of his atavistic roots will soon be rented out to the King of pencil Toads and his last iron caravan Dairy wolves howl at empty spoon while I sleep in black mall lily padded trailer park answer the second second I’m stalled in a parallel stupor squeezed between red hurt of a fall potato and blue stones of a part-time seed shifter I’m one of the jilted eager to bite the crust I plead with what’s left of the steam engine because I know it’s soft pajamas being one of the flies A free sample sniffing around the tattered drums of the effluvial honey You get to count creamy blots and carpet burns transmit grains of junked passion to the weekend handwarmers west of Sandusky, Ohio adopted home of tormented petal pushers one charm boxers and retired log nuts the whole glad parking lot of idle fun seekers You even score the church fire and pray to the invisible camera You get down on your full grown knees and you begin to stay In better times, I lived on a bingo farm ate off a checkerboard Each morning, I baked out the stains and flicked drivel into the yard Copyright © 1994 John Yau

More on marshmallows

More on marshmallows

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Toasting Marshmallows over a Pot-Bellied Stove

Toasting Marshmallows over a Pot-Bellied Stove

Takes the bounce out of marshmallows . . .

takes the bounce out of marshmallows . . .

Takes the bounce out of marshmallows...

takes the bounce out of marshmallows...