The novel contains many of the ingredients that made Shute popular as a novelist, and, like several other of Shute's later novels, includes an element of the supernatural.

His first thriller, The Vermin, contained all of the ingredients of his later suspense novels.

* 2008: ( Two winning newspapers ) Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker of The New York Times, " for their stories on toxic ingredients in medicine and other everyday products imported from China, leading to crackdowns by American and Chinese officials.

Poland is a major power and the chief rival of the Anglo-French, and the two exist in a situation of Cold War ; some of the stories are spy thrillers, where Lord Darcy is pitted against Polish agents and takes on some of the attributes of James Bond ( with some magic ingredients added, such as a spell used to make him fall madly in love with a beautiful female Polish agent ).

Hydroxides, orthophosphates, borates, carbonates, and silicates are important inorganic ingredients of hard-surface cleaners.

The ingredients are fed from tanks through a hose and into the mixer at a predetermined rate.

The active ingredients are usually alcohol, chlorhexidine gluconate ,, cetylpyridinium chloride hexetidine, benzoic acid ( acts as a buffer ), methyl salicylate, benzalkonium chloride, methylparaben, hydrogen peroxide, domiphen bromide and sometimes fluoride, enzymes, and calcium.

Eight rasas and associated bhāvas are named and their enjoyment is likened to savoring a meal: rasa is the enjoyment of flavors that arise from the proper preparation of ingredients and the quality of ingredients.

A bed of nalca or maqui leaves is arranged on top of the stones, and the following ingredients are added, in turn, on top of this bed: beef, lamb, pork, chicken, chorizos ( pork sausages ), potatoes, sweet potatoes, apples and holed squashes filled with cheese, cream and peas.

Subsequently, all these ingredients are covered with leaves and damp pieces of cloth so as to ensure heat preservation.

Solvent based adhesives are a mixture of ingredients ( typically polymers ) dissolved in a solvent.

Other ingredients are added to the agar to meet the nutritional needs of the microbes.

There are many variants of the drinks, and many kinds of types are used and ingredients added.

Many American bubble tea vendors sell " milk smoothies ", which are similar to bubble tea but do not contain any tea ingredients.

The main ingredients are potato and cabbage, but carrots, peas, brussels sprouts, and other vegetables can be added.

The basic ingredients of beer are water ; a starch source, such as malted barley, which is able to be fermented ( converted into alcohol ); a brewer's yeast to produce the fermentation ; and a flavouring, such as hops.

The basic ingredients of beer are water ; a starch source, such as malted barley, able to be fermented ( converted into alcohol ); a brewer's yeast to produce the fermentation ; and a flavouring, such as hops, to offset the sweetness of the malt.

Before the thirteenth century, beer was flavoured with plants such as yarrow, wild rosemary, and bog myrtle, and other ingredients such as juniper berries, aniseed and ginger, which would be combined into a mixture known as gruit and used as hops are now used ; between the thirteenth and the sixteenth century, during which hops took over as the dominant flavouring, beer flavoured with gruit was known as ale, while beer flavoured with hops was known as beer.

Most ingredients in cooking are derived from living organisms.

Fats can reach temperatures higher than the boiling point of water, and are often used to conduct high heat to other ingredients, such as in frying or sautéing.

There are many types of concrete available, created by varying the proportions of the main ingredients below.

Condensed matter systems can be tuned to provide the conditions of coherence and phase-sensitivity that are essential ingredients for quantum information storage.

On many farms, the basic composting ingredients are manure generated on the farm and bedding.

Guangdong has long been a trading port and many imported foods and ingredients are used in Cantonese cuisine.

Based on the raw materials and ingredients used, the method of preparation and cultural differences, a variety of foods with different flavours and textures are prepared in different regions of the country.

Peanuts, sesame paste and ginger are also prominent ingredients in this style.

Where there are historical immigrant Chinese populations, the style of food has evolved and been adapted to local tastes and ingredients, and modified by the local cuisine, to greater or lesser extents.

Such dishes are called by specific names that refer to their ingredients, spicing, and cooking methods.

A cuisine is primarily influenced by the ingredients that are available locally or through trade.

The Europeans sweetened and fattened it by adding refined sugar and milk, two ingredients unknown to the Mexicans.

Cola is a carbonated beverage that was originally flavored and caffeinated by the kola nut, as well as by vanilla and other ingredients.

Compare the ingredients listed ( spirits, sugar, water, and bitters ) with the ingredients of an Old Fashioned, which originated as a term used by late 19th century bar patrons to distinguish cocktails made the “ old-fashioned ” way from newer, more complex cocktails.

The emulsification can be accomplished by either grinding, sieving, or pureeing the ingredients.

In addition to the blended vegetable ingredients, it is also usually accompanied by different garnishes.

However, ingredients and dishes vary by state.

A major advance in manufacturing began in Europe in the late 14th century when the safety and thoroughness of incorporation was improved by wet grinding ; liquid, such as distilled spirits or perhaps the urine of wine-drinking bishops was added during the grinding-together of the ingredients and the moist paste dried afterwards.

They can be made by combining plain gelatin with other ingredients or by using a premixed blend of gelatin with additives.

The remaining effect of this act, which has largely been superseded by the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, is the warning "* Warning: May be habit forming " on labels, package inserts, and other places where ingredients are listed in the case of many opioids, barbiturates, medicinal formulations of cocaine, and chloral hydrate.

The aliphatic acids contribute greatly to the flavor of honey by interacting with the flavors of other ingredients.

Because dyes get their color from the interaction of electrons in their molecules, the way the electrons can move is determined by the charge and extent of electron delocalization in other ink ingredients.

These effects can be caused by solvents, or by pigment ingredients such as p-Anisidine, which helps create some inks ' color and shine.

Some foods, e. g., herbs and spices, are irradiated at sufficient doses ( five kilograys or more ) to reduce the microbial counts by several orders of magnitude ; such ingredients do not carry over spoilage or pathogen microorganisms into the final product.

Food that is processed as an ingredient by a restaurant or food processor is exempt from the labeling requirement in the US ; other countries follow the Codex Alimentarius provision to label irradiated ingredients down to the last molecule ( cf.

The people of Banana are said to change themselves by magical means, composed of human embryos and other ingredients, but in their leopard form they may do no harm to mankind under pain of retaining forever the beast shape.

The term may derive from the use of finger and hand bones from the dead in mojo bags, or from ingredients such as the lucky hand root ( favored by gamblers ).