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NOT EVEN THE PAST by Robert R. Chase * * * * The scene of the crime looked like one of the old standards—but with some very important differences. The comfortably claustrophobic kitchen had been specially designed for cooking in a less-than- one-atmosphere environment. There were half a dozen pressure cookers of various sizes, all with transparent lids and LEDs displaying the pressures and temperatures within. I even had pressurized ovens in addition to the usual microwaves. And I had the advantage of decades of chefs who had had to cook at less than a standard atmosphere. On the other hand, I was not sure how to adjust for the incrementally decreasing gravity. My intuition was that it should slow convection and so, to some extent, offset the lower air pressure. It made preparing multi-ethnic haute cuisine even more of a gamble, but that's one of the things I like about my job. I am always learning something new. Buzzers began to sound one after the other. I moved the pans to the cart, depressurizing them slowly to keep them from blowing up on me, and removed the handles. The pans were now plates. I counted out the proper |
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