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This beautiful and useful book holder will make your kitchen decor soar. Keeps your favorite cookbooks handy and cheers up a kitchen shelf or counter. Cleverly designed - weighted balls hung on pretty chains hold down the pages of the book for easy reading while you have your hands full. Also a great idea for displaying books or magazines. While this item is brand new, is has a slightly worn and distressed look for an antique feel. The black metal has a reddish-brown cast. Gorgeous piece. Measures approximately 14in. high x 13in. wide x 8in. deep, while standing open. Folds flat for easy storage.

:  High-quality metal construction, Brand new piece with and antique feel, Handy and beautiful- folds flat for storage, Perfect for cookbooks, display books, or magazines, Measures 14in. H x 13in. W x 8in. D
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Welcome to Cook's Country - a place where you'll learn what's cooking in kitchens across America. This debut collection from the editors of Cook's Country magazine celebrates the landscape of American home cooking from yesterday and today. In the tradition of great American cookbooks like The Fannie Farmer Cookbook and The Settlement Cookbook, The Cook's Country Cookbook is, at its core, a wide-ranging, comprehensive collection chock-full of beloved classics like roast chicken, beef stew, biscuits, blueberry pie, and more. In addition, the editors of Cook's Country magazine have also reached back in time to revive old favorites to suit modern tastes and lifestyles. Here you'll find Chicken Divan without the soup mix - only tender chicken crisp broccoli blanketed in a velvety cheese sauce. You'll learn that it's possible to serve a from-scratch comfort food classic like meatloaf on a weeknight when time is tight: our mini-meatloaves cook in a fraction of the time of traditional versions.
Discover fresh, new, and sometimes regional recipes that illuminate the depth and personality behind American cooking - recipes such as North Carolina Pulled Pork (a slow-cooker dish with real barbecue flavor); 24-Hour Salad (a make-ahead salad where the vegetables remain crisp and fresh); and King Ranch Casserole (a kid-friendly creamy chicken casserole with toasty corn chips and Southwestern spices, made famous by Lady Bird Johnson).
In addition to foolproof recipes, The Cook's Country Cookbook also pulls back the curtain to reveal the often fascinating origins of classic American favorites, such as the use of breakfast cereal in party snack mixes or how Bundt pans gave rise to the popular cake. Much more than a collection of foolproof recipes, The Cook's Country Cookbook provides a lively, in-depth portrait of the great American table.

Author: The Editors of Cook's Country Magazine
Hardcover:  600 pages
Company: Boston Common Press  (2008-09-01)
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Cook's Country magazine, published by the indefatigable America's Test Kitchen, also home to Cook's Illustrated magazine, culls homey recipes from cooks nationwide. America's Best Lost Recipes contains 120 of these traditional family formulas, judged worthy of modern attention. These include the likes of Summer Squash Soufflé, Poor Boy Stroganoff, Almond Crescents with Burnt Butter Icing, and Clara's Chocolate Torte.

As with other America's Test Kitchen efforts, the goal has been to present "best" versions of favorite dishes. Original recipes have thus been tweaked where necessary (for example, extra yeast has been added to a monkey bread formula to speed its preparation) to ensure convenient, tasty results. Included also are "biographical" notes that place recipes in context, and useful tips that explore the testing process and thus provide technical insights. Color photos and a spiral-bound book add to the attractiveness of this tempting collection. --Arthur Boehm

Author: The Editors of Cook's Country Magazine
Spiral-bound:  224 pages
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We figured everyone could use a little extra at the end of 2008. So, when it came time for the Food team to choose the Best of the Best 2008 recipes, we voted to offer lagniappe selections. The Best of the Best honor is bestowed on the recipes that ... (more...)

The pending inauguration of Barack Obama has many food advocates hoping he somehow leads a radical makeover of the way food is grown, sold and eaten in America, according to a recent article in The New York Times . By all accounts, the newspaper said ... (more...)

It wasn't long before the letters to Santa began piling up. Ruth Reichl, the editor of Gourmet magazine, wants a new high-profile White House chef who cooks delicious local food. Wayne Pacelle, head of the Humane Society of the United States, wants ... (more...)

British food columnist and TV presenter Nigel Slater dislikes recipes. In his cookbook Appetite he compares them to a pair of too-tight cycling shorts. There is, he says, an enormous difference between following instructions ? including his own ... (more...)

Cook's Country From America's Test Kitchen takes you inside the test kitchen of Cook's Country magazine to discover the best American home cooking. (more...)

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I'm planning on homeschooling my children when I have some of my own. I don't plan on having any for another 15 years, but I think planning ahead is a good idea, so I'm just looking for your input about what you do/would do. Beyond this point I?m just telling you how I?m planning on doing things, so you can build on it or point out flaws if you want to. But you can answer right now if you want, & don?t bother answering if you?re just looking for 10 points because I?ll give that to someone who is detailed and has some interesting ideas on the subject (whether I agree with them or not). Personally, I'm planning on teaching my kids math by applying it in certain projects. For example, use construction to teach them geometry. Of course I haven?t worked out how I'm going to do it all yet, but that?s why I'm starting to plan now. Another project I want to do is making a go-cart with them - I don't know how math figures in to that, but I?ll figure it out. Math will probably also work its way into our science experiments a lot of the time Teaching them to read is going to start with kids books, of course, but once they get to reading things like novels and magazines I'm going to let them follow their interests. So if they like science fiction and fantasy, I?ll let them read more of that. I?ll probably have them read books of other genres just to open their minds a bit, but I?ll have them mainly reading what their interests are really in. If they?re interested in science, I?ll get them some science magazines (which may sound boring, but did you know it is certain that one day the earth will be swallowed by a black hole, or that for the big bang theory to be correct that matter would have had to go hundreds of quadrillions of times the speed of light in the beginning, or that on Neptune it rains diamonds the size of houses?), or if they are interested in sports I?ll get them sports magazines, etc. As a continuous homework assignment maybe I?ll have them look up words that they don?t know the meaning of. I'm planning on frequently having them write reports on things they're interested in. For example I am interested in everything about biofuels, so as an agricultural report I wrote a report on farming for biofuels and how it effects the environment. Of course that kind of thing isn?t likely to interest a kid, so who knows what they?ll want to write a report on but I?ll most likely let them. As for history, I am also going to let them pretty much go free on that. I?ll keep them on a certain track to make sure they learn the history of their country at least, but they will basically be allowed to learn what they want (and if they decide that they don?t want to learn anything then I?ll pick something out). Once they?ve learned their American history pretty well I?ll let them find the parts of history they?re interested in and focus on them. I guess history will be another subject they?ll have to do reports on, and yet another way to learn reading while they?re at it. For science, I?m going to do as many experiments as possible and make it as interesting as interesting as I can. I have no idea how to start out on the science subject? I?ll probably get some opinions from school teachers and bend them to make them more fun if need be. Until they get into electromagnetics, chemistry, and physics I don?t know what I?ll do to make it fun ? but I have time to figure that out. Besides the normal school subjects, I?m going to teach them to cook, weld, play instruments (guitar, drums, whatever they want to learn. If I can?t teach them then someone else can), and tons of other things I?ve come up with but aren?t coming to my head right now. They?ll earn their own money. For example when they?re little they can do lemonade stands and raking people?s lawns etc., and I?ll fund anything like that as long as it would actually get a net profit for them. I?ll probably take the amount of money that I gave them for it and set it aside for the next time they do it. Since I?m going to teach them to cook, maybe they can sell some food at their lemonade stands, too. After they get a little older maybe I?ll have them do paper outs, or do some weld repairs for money. I think I?ll leave it up to them on how they earn their money later on, but I?ll teach them enough that it won?t be hard to earn money. I?ll probably be doing a home-run welding business anyway, so they could help me out with that for some cash. So thats my plan for homeschooling, if you can think of any more ideas it would be much appreciated (more...)

It doesnt need detailed reading, but its for the class magazine and i need to know if it is absolutely boring or not. Im in 9th grade so its not like it has to be very good. So basically the school in the story is the one i go to, and the cities are these two twin cities, one of which i live in. the story isnt much in itself cause i only wanted to base it on stuff people are familiar with. the "story" is in diary form. Good luck and thanks. Tuesdays Tuesday, 12-04-2097 11:23am The sky changed colour last night. It was normal up till yesterday, but this morning there was a huge tear in the grey cloud and the air was all green. Mother noticed it first when she got up and she went round waking everyone up to have a look. There?s this really nasty smell as well and everyone?s worried it?s those nuclear experiments again. Father says they?re going to start evacuating soon. It?s only been three months since we were back though. Wednesday, 13-04-2097 1:00am Father was right; they are going to start deporting us again. They sent out a broadcast yesterday afternoon. They?re not telling us why everything?s all weird but my friend?s dad who works for them told us that two of the nuclear groups have started a feud. Apparently it?s serious this time, but we?re ?not to worry?. Some hope. We?ve been told pack because we?re leaving tomorrow, but it?s hard because it?s been getting dark at three everyday. No one can bear to look at the sky anymore. Friday, 15-04-2097 2: 42 pm We arrived this afternoon. It is no longer safe to fly the supersonics, so we had to come by regular train and it took ages to reach. This time we?ve been sent to this rural place in Orissa? Phulnakra, I think it was called. One of the people in our group told me that it used to be between two cities, but then the rivers flooded like a century ago and wiped everyone out. No one?s lived here since, and the few buildings left standing make it feel like a ghost town. Spooky, but at least its safe here. We?ve been registered in this crazy complex of buildings. They must?ve been really grand at one point, but now the whole place just looks all dilapidated and sad. Rumour has it that it used to be a school. A likely story? they were done away with ages ago. Saturday, 16-04-2097 8:20am Gosh!! It really is a school?a real one where kids were all put in the same room and taught stuff, with books and everything. Wow this place must be ancient then, because they stopped that kind of thing years ago. There isn?t any electricity here. Everyone?s trying to make this place livable, and finding enough to feed everyone. I?m supposed to be helping with the soup, but we don?t have anywhere big enough to cook it so we?re doing it in the swimming pool. It would be really funny, except it?s very strange and very gross. I wish some of my friends had been sent here too? I?m really bored. But my parents say I shouldn?t complain because it could apparently be ?a lot worse?. 3:06 pm It?s getting too dark to write, but we?ve finally got news of what?s going on, from people who arrived today. Six countries have joined the fight now and that?s why the sky?s been getting darker and greener and smokier. The few plants that survived the last nuclear onslaught are beginning to die. Some people have suddenly fallen sick so it?s likely to be one of them next. Sunday, 17-04-2097 5: 45 pm Strangely, we actually had fun today!! We had this huge party in an auditorium-type place and I even met couple of kids who?d been in the same city as us. It?s great, because I hadn?t known there were any children here. And then search party was sent out to see if there was anything left in the school that we could use, and they came back with a generator! So now we have electricity and don?t have to sleep at four in the afternoon anymore. Yay. Yesterday?s pessimism seems so unnecessary now. The best part is it?s my birthday on Tuesday? that?s just two days to go! Monday, 19-04-2097 10:00 am Apparently there?s no chance of us being back home by tomorrow so it looks like I?m going to have to spend my birthday here. Maybe I can find someone to help me organize a party?? In spite of this mad nuclear situation I?m actually really excited. But everyone else is walking round with a cloud above their heads. There are so many rumours flying round that I really don?t know what to believe anymore. One of the scariest is that the radiations from the weapons is dissolving the atmosphere, and at a constant rate, so now people have worked out exactly when the world will end. I.e. at exactly 3 minutes past midnight tonight. I.e. hell. Luckily the source wasn?t too reliable. 10:30 am- half an hour later. Just had the strangest conversation with my father. Strange because, a) the rumours were true and the world is going to end tonight exactly 3 minutes into my 15th year, and b) because my father went all emotional and sad, like, ?Its terrible that you?ve ne never experience because of what people from a different generation have done to the world before you were born?? and other stuff. Reason for this regret and sadness? see a). I don?t think that the fact that we will all be dead in 14 hours and three minutes has quite registered with anyone yet. We?ve been called to hear an official broadcast now. We?re supposed to be ?not panicking and making the best of what time we have.? Now of course everyone is crying like crazy. Tuesday, 20-04-2097- My 15th birthday- The day the world ends. 12:00 am (midnight) So this is it. The day the world ends. And I am also officially 15 years old and I?m the only person here who?s lucky enough to die on the same day I was born. How ironic. Everyone?s been sitting together all day like dying together is somehow not as bad. Should we be honoured that we?re going to see the world end? It might be quite dramatic. We might be quite dead by that time. Christ, three minutes to go. I?m very very scared. It?s freaky that this is going to be it forever. Maybe if things had turned out differently and the world hadn?t gone to the dogs a hundred years ago, I might have had a life but whatever. The people who wrecked the darn place and stone dead too so revenge isn?t really on the agenda. Now everyone?s counting down, just like for New Year. We are really going to die in three? two? o----- and thats it (more...)

Meat must be rationed to four portions a week, says report on climate change? Study looks at food impact on greenhouse gases ? Return to old-fashioned cooking habits urgedAll comments () Juliette Jowit The Guardian, Tuesday September 30 2008 Article history People will have to be rationed to four modest portions of meat and one litre of milk a week if the world is to avoid run-away climate change, a major new report warns. The report, by the Food Climate Research Network, based at the University of Surrey, also says total food consumption should be reduced, especially "low nutritional value" treats such as alcohol, sweets and chocolates. It urges people to return to habits their mothers or grandmothers would have been familiar with: buying locally in-season products, cooking in bulk and in pots with lids or pressure cookers, avoiding waste and walking to the shops - alongside more modern tips such as using the microwave and internet shopping. The report goes much further than any previous advice after mounting concern about the impact of the livestock industry on greenhouse gases and rising food prices. It follows a four-year study of the impact of food on climate change and is thought to be the most thorough study of its kind. Tara Garnett, the report's author, warned that campaigns encouraging people to change their habits voluntarily were doomed to fail and urged the government to use caps on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon pricing to ensure changes were made. "Food is important to us in a great many cultural and symbolic ways, and our food choices are affected by cost, time, habit and other influences," the report says. "Study upon study has shown that awareness-raising campaigns alone are unlikely to work, particularly when it comes to more difficult changes." The report's findings are in line with an investigation by the October edition of the Ecologist magazine, which found that arguments for people to go vegetarian or vegan to stop climate change and reduce pressure on rising food prices were exaggerated and would damage the developing world in particular, where many people depend on animals for essential food, other products such as leather and wool, and for manure and help in tilling fields to grow other crops. Instead, it recommended cutting meat consumption by at least half and making sure animals were fed as much as possible on grass and food waste which could not be eaten by humans. "The notion that cows and sheep are four-legged weapons of mass destruction has become something of a distraction from the real issues in both climate change and food production," said Pat Thomas, the Ecologist's editor. The head of the United Nations intergovernmental panel on climate change, Rajendra Pachauri, also sparked global debate this month when he urged people to have at least one meat-free day a week. The Food Climate Research Network found that measured by production, the UK food sector produces greenhouse gases equivalent to 33m tonnes of carbon. Measured by consumption - including imports - the total rises to 43.3m tonnes. Both figures work out at under one fifth of UK emissions, but they exclude the indirect impacts of actions such as clearing rainforest for cattle and crops, which other studies estimate would add up to 5% to 20% of global emissions. The report found the meat and dairy sectors together accounted for just over half of those emissions; potatoes, fruit and vegetables for 15%; drinks and other products with sugar for another 15%; and bread, pastry and flour for 13%. It also revealed which parts of the food chain were the most polluting. Although packaging has had a lot of media and political attention, it only ranked fifth in importance behind agriculture - especially the methane produced by livestock burping - manufacturing, transport, and cooking and refrigeration at home. The report calls for meat and dairy consumption to be cut in developed countries so that global production remains stable as the population grows to an estimated 9bn by 2050. At the same time emissions from farms, transport, manufacturing and retail could be cut, with improvements including more efficient use of fertilisers, feed and energy, changed diets for livestock, and more renewable fuels - leading to a total reduction in emissions from the sector of 50% to 67%, it says. The UN and other bodies recommend that developed countries should reduce total emissions by 80% by 2050. However, the National Farmers' Union warned that its own study, with other industry players, published last year, found net emissions from agriculture could only be cut by up to 50% if the carbon savings from building renewable energy sources on farms were taken into account. The NFU also called for government incentives to help farmers make the changes. "Farmers aren't going to do this out of the goodness of their hearts, because farmers don't have that luxury; many of our membe There is not a bill or any legislation to force a rationing of milk or meat, you who didn't read the article are jumping to conclusions. I am curious if those who are concerned with global climate change are considering lowering consumption of milk and meat? BTW eating lower on the food chain is good for your health!!! (more...)

Globalization shapes our identity through trade, transportation, and media. Globalization shapes our identity to the extent that we are influenced by people around us, new and old ideas and beliefs, and even the consciously held notion that we are and will continue to be influenced by globalization. Media is a powerful tool that affects and shapes everything from our buying habits to our self concept. When global patterns of trade and transportation are portrayed through the media, the effect is to solidify and intensify those patterns. First, trade ties into the shaping of globalization. This is done by international trade. There are many companies in Canada that are owned by the United States, but the products that sold by the company are made in various locations around the world. The fact that the labor is distributed worldwide means that jobs are being provided for people who otherwise would not have been able to have a job without the factory located where they live. For example, Nike products are sold in many stores and countries but are manufactured in China, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam. This influences the way people in different countries dress--an aspect of globalization at work. National trade also shapes globalization. People across Canada trade with other provinces and territories for goods that they may not have in their own country. For example, Albertans trade beef and wheat with other provinces that don?t have as large a surplus as Albertans do. The food that is available to people for consumption influences what they cook, and so in part is determined by globalization. Local trade is also another aspect that ties into the shaping of globalization. Example of local trade is a farmers market, this is where people make products and sell them. Once a week there is a farmers market help and people can go and buy various products from different cultures which affects their globalization and how it shapes them. Therefore trade is one aspect of the shaping of globalization. Second, transportation helps with the connection of how globalization shapes identities. International transportation also shapes the globalizing world. Products can be shipped overseas on boats and planes to other countries. Trucks also play an important part in transportation on land. Bananas are one example of how this process works. They are shipped to places around the world in containers on planes, boats, and vehicles. This influences how the items are transported while also tying into the food part of globalization. National transportation affects how globalization shapes identities. An example would be the fruits and vegetables from British Columbia that are shipped throughout Canada by trucks. This is done because some places can`t hold the proper climate to grow them. This influences what people in certain areas eat and how often they get that certain type of food. Local transportation also affects globalization. Many people can just take their regular vehicles and sometimes big trucks to local grocery stores or markets and sell their products there. This Influences how and what people eat in their town, meaning that they can get fresh home-grown produce rather than having something that is from a large market. Thus transportation plays a role in the shaping of globalization. Lastly, the media helps with the shaping of globalization. Magazines are one aspect of this; they influence people by telling them what is popular and what is not. For example, by writing in their magazine that wearing a certain article of clothing will make one fit in with society, many people will go out of their way to dress in that particular style. Television also contributes to aspects of globalization. Cooking shows often demonstrate how to make a variety of foods from around the world; this introduces many people to food dishes that they may never have heard of otherwise. This shows that a simple cooking program can educate people about world cultures. Newspapers connect people and shape globalization. It can help people connect to what is going on in the world. For example, one can learn about wars in Afghanistan and be updated on it daily, which brings the struggles of that nation closer to home. In conclusion, the media helps in making the world seem smaller. This is the essay and what needis an concluding paragraph which i cant really think of what to write.. so far i have Globalization in the world can be defined by three aspects; media, transportation and trade. They link together and help the world become closer connected. thanks.. (more...)

meaning do wealthier people eat special organic foods, have personal trainers, and personal chefs to cook for them, and more time to train out more than a poor obese person? I mean if you really look at society, or the magazines, do you ever see an obese debutatante? an obese heiress, or an obese princess or queen of a country? (more...)