You will note that in all the recipes for beaten egg whites in this chapter a tablespoon of sugar is whipped into them near the end of the beating; this gives them an added bit of stiffness and body.

Here the twin inflationary perils of a runaway housing markets and demand for large wage increases threaten to derail the powerful growth that many now take for granted.

This is how I found myself in colours I'd never wear, with makeup I'd never use, hair ten times normal size, writhing on the hotel furniture.

The bread will not rise .

Growth of 9% now looks more like a cyclical peak than a permanent achievement: bottlenecks throughout the economy mean it cannot go faster without setting off inflation.