Atrocities Revisited Through a PC Filter SHEILA K. JOHNSON, Sheila K. Johnson, author of "The Japanese Through American Eyes" (Stanford University Press, 1988), helps her husband Chalmers Johnson run the Japan Policy Research Institute in San Diego
China Offers No Subtlety, No Options GEORGE BLACK, George Black is research and editorial director of the New York-based Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Training Soldiers for the Indecency of War M. THOMAS DAVIS, M. Thomas Davis, an Army colonel, is a federal executive fellow at the Brookings Institution. The opinions expressed are his alone
In the Beginning, Create Salmon Toasts BETTY ROSBOTTOM, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Rosbottom is a cooking school director and author of "American Favorites" (Chapters Publishing, 1996)
The Cultured Cheese (LOW-FAT COOKING) MARY CARROLL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Carroll is the author of the "No Cholesterol (No Kidding!) Cookbook" (Rodale Press, 1991)
Even the Cook Can Celebrate BARBARA HANSEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER; Hansen is the author of "Mexican Cookery" (HP Books, $1495)
Try Lime for a Lemon Bar Twist BETTY ROSBOTTOM, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Rosbottom is a cooking school director and author of "American Favorites" (Chapters Publishing, 1996)
Surfing the Great Asparagus Tide MICHAEL ROBERTS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Roberts is the corporate chef of the Twin Palms Restaurants in Southern California
The Real Mac Attack MARION CUNNINGHAM, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Cunningham's latest book is "Cooking With Children" (Alfred A. Knopf, 1995)