One Award-Winning Chef — and His Surprisingly Cheap Eating Habits Despite being known for inventive molecular gastronomy, Wylie Dufresne buys sandwiches from a bodega — and Pret a Manger — nearly every day.

One Award-Winning Chef — and His Surprisingly Cheap Eating Habits Despite being known for inventive molecular gastronomy, Wylie Dufresne buys sandwiches from a bodega — and Pret a Manger — nearly every day.

One Award-Winning Chef — and His Surprisingly Cheap Eating Habits Despite being known for inventive molecular gastronomy, Wylie Dufresne buys sandwiches from a bodega — and Pret a Manger — nearly every day.

One Award-Winning Chef — and His Surprisingly Cheap Eating Habits Despite being known for inventive molecular gastronomy, Wylie Dufresne buys sandwiches from a bodega — and Pret a Manger — nearly every day.

Farewell, college football mailbag fans: P.S., Big 10 still doesn't stack up Each week during the college football season, national analyst Chris Dufresne has burned a timeout to answer questions and exchange opinions. This is his final mailbag. He is retiring from the Los Angeles Times in December, but for the next few weeks Read more ... you can still email him at chris.dufresne@latimes…

College football mailbag: Cardinal rules L.A. schools as USC soap opera grinds on Each week during the college football season, national analyst Chris Dufresne will burn a timeout to answer questions and exchange opinions. You can email him at chris.dufresne@latimes.com and reach him at @DufresneLATimes on Twitter.

College football mailbag: Times could be a-changin' for fragile Bruins Each week during the college football season, national analyst Chris Dufresne will burn a timeout to answer questions and exchange opinions. You can email him at chris.dufresne@latimes.com and reach him at @DufresneLATimes on Twitter.

College football mailbag: TCU is still a contender Each week, during the college football season, national analyst Chris Dufresne will burn a timeout to answer questions and exchange opinions. You can email him at chris.dufresne@latimes.com and reach him on Twitter: @DufresneLATimes .

Astronauts Have Done So, So Much With Duct Tape And Electrical Tape You’ve heard the story of how duct tape saved Apollo 13*, but that’s not the only time tape has come to the rescue in space. Here are some of the ridiculously cool ways tape makes life far, far better in low Earth orbit and beyond.

15 Sneaky Duct Tape Hacks Invented to help the war effort during World War II, duct tape originally went by the moniker "Duck Tape" because of its ability to repel water. Once the war was over, civilians started using the tape in construction. For a while it was used most com