October 23, 2008

Happy Mole Day!

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Posted by Rachel Pepling on October 23, 2008 in Chemistry and Food, Chemistry is Everywhere

nanomole.jpgThat’s right, dear readers, Oct. 23 is Mole Day. And no, it’s not an accident that it coincides with National Chemistry Week. Around the C&EN offices, we like to celebrate special days with food. Former Deputy Editor-in-Chief Pam Zurer used to bestow us with her yummy mole cookies (recipe after the jump). Perhaps you might like to whip up some variation of mole sauce. If you’re not of the do-it-yourself type, pick up some Avocado’s Number Guacamole from Trader Joe’s.

As for tchotchkes, you can buy all sorts of goodies from the National Mole Day Foundation or the ACS store (like the fuzzy nanomole above).

So how do you celebrate Mole Day?

You could always celebrate with a debate of the impact (however big or small) the kilogram’s redefinition has on the mole as we know it.

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