Table of Content Chapter 1 Cruise Ship Departs Miami Saturday Chapter 2 Nicholas Appert and Bottled Food Paris France 1812 Saturday Chapter 3 Dinner at the Captain’s Restaurant Saturday Chapter 4 Cooking Contest Round One Sunday Chapter 5 John Snow and the Pump Handle London 1854 Sunday Chapter 6 Growing and Staining Microbes Sunday Clarence Birdseye and Frozen Fish San Juan Puerto Rico and Labrador Canada 1914 Monday Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Sara Josephine Baker and Mary Mallon New York City New York 1907 Monday Chapter 9 Percy Spencer and Microwaves Cambridge Massachusetts 1942 Monday 1 8 18 28 37 47 56 74 84
Chapter 10 CDC and Second Outbreak Atlanta Georgia 2014 Tuesday Chapter 11 Time Course and Dot Maps Tuesday Chapter 12 Ferran Adrià and Creative Cooking Barcelona Spain 2009 Wednesday Chapter 13 Identifying the Suspects Wednesday Chapter 14 Tailing the Suspects Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Thursday Helicopter Delivery and Hurricane Meals Thursday U S Army Research Center and Bio-Detection Natick Massachusetts Thursday Chapter 17 Midnight Buffet Thursday to Friday 95 106 116 130 138 147 157 163
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THE CONTAMINATED CASE OF THE COOKING CONTEST Chapter 1 Cruise Ship Departs Miami Saturday Clinton Chang stood next to his friend Mae Harris on the deck of the giant cruise ship waving good-bye to all the people on shore even though he didn’t know any of them I can’t believe we’re really going on a cruise he said I can’t believe your mom let you bring me along Mae’s mother was a nurse and she would be working in the ship infirmary the medical center in return for a free cruise and small cabin for three Clinton added I hope nobody on this cruise gets sick so your mom has lots of time to just relax and have fun I just hope I don’t get seasick Mae Harris said You know me and motion sickness 1
