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Cook Strait

(Encyclopedia) Cook Strait, channel, c.15 mi (24 km) wide, between the North Island and the South Island, New Zealand. It was first explored in 1770 by Capt. James Cook.

Brewer's: Cooked

The books have been cooked. The ledger and other trade books have been tampered with, in order to show a balance in favour of the bankrupt. The term was first used in reference to George…

Brewer's: Cooking

Terms belonging to cuisine applied to man under different circumstances: Sometimes he is well basted; he boils with rage, is baked with heat, and burns with love or jealousy. Sometimes he…

Brewer's: Cooks

Athenæ'us affirms that cooks were the first kings of the earth. In the luxurious ages of ancient Greece Sicilian cooks were most esteemed, and received very high wages. Among them…

Cook Metric!

Just Say "Yum" to Metric Measures by Holly Hartman Conversion Help CookingTemperature* Length/Distance** Don't look now—but your kitchen is full of math. When you make a recipe, you…

Brighouse

(Encyclopedia) Brighouse, town, Calderdale metropolitan district, N central England, on the Calder River. It is a center of wool, cotton, and silk…

Batman & Robin

Director: Joel SchumacherWriter: Akiva GoldsmanDirector of Photography:Stephen GoldblattEditor:Dennis VirklerMusic:Elliot GoldenthalProduction Designer:Barbara LingProducer:Peter MacGregor-…

Robin Yount

Robin YountBorn: Sept. 16, 1955Baseball SS-OF AL MVP at 2 positions— as SS in 1982 and OF in '89; retired after 1993 season with 3,142 hits, 251 HRs and a major-league-record 123 sacrifice…

Cook Islands

(Encyclopedia) Cook Islands, island group (2021 est. pop. 17,564), 90 sq mi (234 sq km), S Pacific, SE of Samoa; a self-governing state in free…