Translation Article : "Compaction of a granular material under cyclic shear"

1. NY Times Home and Garden section. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/garden/24garden.html?ref=garden
I want to first give the reader something they can relate to, something they know quite a bit about, then relate it to the science behind what I am trying to teach them, and then finish by going back to what they know, and how they can apply what they read.

2. I think my audience would be anyone who cooks every once in a while, or anyone curious about cooking methods. They would begin the article with at least basic knowledge of cooking and little else would be necessary to get the point of the article.

3. The ultimate goal of my article is to show the reader how the work that is being done in the field of soft condensed matter has some relevance to their lives and can be related to something that they readily know. I would want them to walk away from the article with the idea that there are different methods that can be used while cooking, and that even though they may be in no way connected to science, it doesn't mean science is not connected to them. The biggest wish of mine would be for the readers to try the method the next time they cooked and to see for themselves whether or not they get similar results and the researchers.