They were the Western answer to kitchen chopsticks, which have been used to assemble plates in Asia for centuries.
But many others routinely assemble plates with a visual aesthetic meant to incite the admiration of cooks, critics and awards judges around the world.
Two Tecan Genesis liquid handling robots were used to assemble plates for 335 patient samples over a period of five weeks, for a total of 670 assay plates (this includes samples run with an RNA concentration of less than 1 ng/assay well).
Then, an energy formulation is presented in which the structure is idealized as assembled plate and stiffener elements, rigidly connected at their junctions.
It can make a quickly assembled plate of cheese and crackers feel like a lux treat.
The assembled plate was placed at 37°C (5% CO2, humidified) for the duration of the migration time (2h).
She selects wines, fills glasses, assembles plates of food and cleans up after the tastefully tousled young things who crowd the brightly lighted room every night.
Prettily decked out with eggshell-blue patio furniture, a stainless-steel cooking range and a wood-burning chimney that keeps it toasty on even the coldest of days, eating here is like sitting in Hedworth's own kitchen, as she busies herself assembling plates of, for example, potted chicken livers with pickled red grapes and toast, or a roast fennel, orange and dill salad with honey dressing.
At least until the bill comes; one night when I asked our waiter to assemble a plate of assorted antipasto for the table, the bill came to $13 a person.
4 15am – 8:00am: Run, run, run! Between now and when doors open, we are producing all fresh batches of viennoiserie items: the croissants, cannelés, DKA (our version of the kouign amann), more than 10 tarts and cakes to assemble and plate.
