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  • Puffing occurs when the two bread surfaces have set in the heat and become tougher than the inner layer, where steam accumulates and eventually tears the tender interior, forcing the two surfaces apart.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Puffing occurs when the two bread surfaces have set in the heat and become tougher than the inner layer, where steam accumulates and eventually tears the tender interior, forcing the two surfaces apart.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Booth created a large device, known as Puffing Billy, driven first by an oil engine, and later by an electric motor.

    Releases feed from RealWire 2009

  • Booth created a large device, known as Puffing Billy, driven first by an oil engine, and later by an electric motor.

    Releases feed from RealWire 2009

  • Change in mechanical things – from Olympia typewriters to Apples, from Puffing Billys to TGVs – is one easy thing.

    Death and the scenery of life | Peter Preston 2011

  • Oz and Ends: Huffing and Puffing about the Blagojevich Deal skip to main | skip to sidebar

    Huffing and Puffing about the Blagojevich Deal 2009

  • Puffing up the numbers and posting out-dated photos doesn't add to the credibility of the righties, which, based on what we heard come out of the mouths of some demonstrators, isn't on really solid ground to begin with.

    Best Guess 2009

  • Puffing on a Marlboro outside his Vietnamese restaurant in Santa Ana, Duke Nguyen said he supports Tran because he's Republican, and also because he's Vietnamese and can speak for the community.

    Loretta Sanchez On Van Tran: 'The Vietnamese' Trying To Take My Seat AP 2010

  • Reporter's Notebook Huffing, Puffing Davis Is Maturing as a Hitter Through his first 633 major-league plate appearances, Ike Davis hit exactly one triple.

    Huffing, Puffing Davis Is Maturing as a Hitter 2011

  • WSJ's Daniel Michaels looks back at some of the world's speediest vehicles, from the Puffing Billy to the Concorde.

    Shuttles Find Final Homes Andy Pasztor 2011

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