A study in pumpkin pie

We start off in this examination of pumpkin pie with a hard truth.  Most U.S.  pumpkin pie is a lie."An interesting fact is that most canned 'pumpkin' is actually hubbard squash. Hubbard squash has the...

NASA's Mars Phoenix lander is really cooking now

" A last-ditch attempt to shake a sample of Martian soil into an oven on NASA's Phoenix lander succeeded Wednesday, clearing the way for tests to determine whether the northern plains of Mars may...

Egypt: Bread Protest Leaves 10 Dead!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSomething is seriously wrong in our Society, when a life is worth more than a Loaf of Bread, as thousands demonstrate against the Egyptian Government rationing of flour,...

Today is National Chocolate Chip Day!

Today is National Chocolate Chip Day!!!  There are so many things you can make with chocolate chips...chocolate chip cookies, pancakes, brownies, muffins, ice cream, waffles, granola bars, pie, crepes,...

3rd Graders Helping to Stop Childhood Hunger

This is a novel idea which helps feed the 12 million hungry children in America. "Baking cookies and selling brownies don't seem like solutions that could end childhood hunger, yet, thanks to the Great American...

French Toast for Dinner

"Breakfast, that warm and comforting meal, is going prime time, as top chefs are inventing new gourmet variations on bacon and eggs. Missed breakfast again today? No problem. Now you can savor the morning meal at night in the most elegant of settings — a gourmet...

People Love German Christmas Markets

I had never heard of the Christmas Markets in Germany.  Apparently millions of people from around the world travel there this time of year in-order to share in the festivities. With some 2,500 markets across...

Pumpkin Pie: It Rocks

Every year around this time I get super excited about pumpkin pie, I love pumpkin pie, but then I eat too much pumpkin pie which results in my love dying a little.  Like a one night stand gone terribly wrong...

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Bake me a cake, Baker man

"If I told most people in Washington that there was something called the Baker Commission, they could probably guess many of its members without even knowing what it was about. Oh, there might be some quibbles: now that Sandra Day O'Connor is available, is Madeleine Albright...

Mom Said to Help Girls Bake Ex-Lax Cookies

"AP - A 43-year-old woman is charged with helping her daughter and two other teenage girls bake cookies laced with a laxative that were then given to a teacher."

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