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Goo: As with so many good things, the invention of cellophane
was pure accident.  Wrap Star  Let us now sing the praises of
cellophane   JavaScript must be enabled to display this email
address.  Jenny Compton has recently become a dedicated fan of
cellophane. A waitress at the popular Aram's Cafe in downtown
Petaluma, she's been intimately familiar with the stuff for
years, as plastic wrap clearly ranks among the most commonplace
item in any restaurant kitchen. Throughout the day, little
parades of perishable food ingredients are endlessly wrapped and
unwrapped and rewrapped again, each new wrapping underscored by
the sharp, sibilant snap-and-hiss of folding, crinkling,
overlapping cellophane, snapping cellophane, tearing cellophane,
occasional big wads of cellophane lazily unbunching itself on
the counter or in the trashcan with the sweetly sizzling sound
of a far-off campfire. It's