| So You Can't Cook
The other day I received a very interesting personal message from sandra in which she politely reminded me that not everyone is like YumSugar and myself. There are some people, my mom and geeksugar included, who do not cook and there is nothing wrong with that. It's simply that they have no interest in getting down and dirty in the kitchen. geeksugar even confessed that when she follows the recipe exactly as stated on the back of the tollhouse chocolate chip bag, her cookies come out flat and inedible. Well what happens when the geeksugars, sandras, and souschefs (my mom) of the world want to host a party? They order in. Virtually every major supermarket has a pre-cooked, readymade section of gourmet dishes and appetizers, cheese plates and pasta salads. And if you are one of those people who despises grocery shopping as much as you do cooking, check out the appetizer store an online market where you pick the hors d'oeurves and they are delivered to your door.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): I was the wife of Vlajko Stojiljkovic, deceased, who was indicted at the Hague War Crimes Tribunal. First, I assure you that the indictment was politically motivated and utterly without merit. Secondly, I need to transfer our vast fortune out of the country. The funds are in excess of 64 million U.S. dollars. Can you help? Are you trustworthy? I can offer you 30 percent. Please forward your contact info to me a.s.a.p. I am grateful. Glorja. Dear Aries, theres a good chance youll soon get a money-related offer thats as bogus as the above communiqu. DO NOT TAKE IT! Much more reliable financial opportunities are on their way. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I heard a radio interview in which someone defined an oracle as a technology for broadening the listening field. Thats a good description of the horoscope youre now reading.
Egged On With Style
Easter is certainly about eggs, but don't put all your eggs in the Easter basket. Put them on the dinner table, too. Eggs are one of the more fascinating foods. They can be cooked in so many ways and used for so many different purposes, from helping a cake rise to creating a smooth emulsion in mayonnaise or Hollandaise. The reputation of the egg went through a rough patch a few years ago when scientists associated it with an increased risk of heart disease. That's changed, though, and even the American Heart Association approves of moderate consumption of an egg a day in a diet that contains an average daily cholesterol consumption of 300 mg or less. Eggs are loaded with nutrition: protein, and vitamins A, B2 and D. Eggs are not fat-free, but of the 5 grams in one egg, only 1.5 grams are saturated, an unhealthy fat.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Adds Michael J. Mardy to Board of ...
WATERBURY, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) announced today that Michael J. Mardy has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors. Mardy is currently Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tumi, Inc., a retailer of prestige luggage and travel accessories. The addition of Mardy expands the Board of Directors to seven members. Effective upon his appointment, Mardy will become Chair of the Audit Committee and will serve on the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company. Prior to joining Tumi, Inc. in July 2003, Mardy served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Keystone Foods LLC, a global manufacturer of food products. From 1980 to 1996, Mardy held various senior level financial positions with Nabisco, Inc., last serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nabisco Biscuit Company, the leading U.S.
Whip up some comfort food fast
Bread pudding doesn't have to be difficult. What started as a budget dessert to use leftover or day-old bread has become a complicated gourmet dessert. But it doesn't have to be that way. Even a desperate cook can bake a beautiful bread pudding – in fact, 12 of them. Today's recipe makes 12 servings of delicious bread pudding with only about 15 minutes of active work. No double boilers; no standing over pots whisking and stirring; no temperamental, unpredictable maneuvers; and no weird ingredients. It's just uncomplicated comfort food that even a novice baker can pull off in a jiffy. Write to Desperation Dinners, c/o United Media, 200 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016. INDIVIDUAL CINNAMON-RAISIN BREAD PUDDINGS .
Wine. Dine. Donate
Epicurious.com, the premier award-winning website for people who love to eat, announces the second annual Wine. Dine. Donate restaurant series to mark National Hunger Awareness Day-- Tuesday, June 5, 2007 -- with a weeklong series of benefit dinners held at five of the country's top restaurants. Epicurious.com's editor-in-chief Tanya Steel will host each dinner, which will feature courses cooked by the host chef and celebrity chef friends. Proceeds will benefit each city's local food bank through America's Second Harvest, the nation's largest charitable hunger-relief organization. This year's restaurant series schedule is: For more information and to purchase tickets to the dinners, visit http://www.epicurious.com/donate Epicurious.com, a CondeNet site, is a premier award-winning food Web site, which incorporates more than 30,000 professionally tested recipes from the premier brands in food journalism, Gourmet and Bon Appetit magazines, as well as web-exclusive original recipes from top chefs and cookbook authors around the world.
Weird News — Fights not worth the bother
Traditional Chinese celebrations have been mentioned several times in News of the Weird, including the annual Tombsweeping Festival in April, which calls on people to visit relatives' graves and leave offerings that will improve the afterlives of the deceased. Actual objects (such as jewelry and money) are no longer required, as paper representations are considered just as effective. This year, according to an Agence France-Presse dispatch, paper illustrations of dancing girls will adorn many graves, along with paper "Viagra" pills (and even more questionably, paper renditions of condoms). .
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