August 16, 2012

Julia Child: America's 1st Top Chef would be 100 today...

Julia Child, who turned the art of French cooking into prime-time television entertainment and brought cassoulet to a casserole culture in the two volumes of her monumental "Mastering the Art of French Cooking," Mrs. Child was not the first dedicated cook to turn cooking into a spectator sport - James Beard preceded her on television in 1945, Dione Lucas in 1948 - but she brought a fresh, breezy approach to daunting material, expressed in her up-the-scales signature signoff, "Bon appétit!"

August 12, 2012

Headlines that caught my eye

  • Fund Raiser held for local hero
  • Pat Tiernan Tribute concert to be held
  • Schodack missing man found dead
  • Hunting Licenses on sale August 13, 2012
  • New York raids its attic and finds US history
  • 12 Fictional Products That You Can Now Actually Buy
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Hunting Licenses on sale August 13, 2012

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August 11, 2012

The Team U.S.A Military Men’s Team

HOEVELTE, Denmark – A few more Gold medals are coming home to the U.S., but they won’t all be from the Olympics in London.

The Team U.S.A Military Men’s Team won Gold Medals in the Novice category at the NATO Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers’ Military Skills Competition held here. Thirty-five three-person teams from 14 countries participated. Out of 6000 possible points, the U.S.A team edged out the Silver Medal
winners by 8.7 points.

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