Published On Saturday, January 23rd 2010
These fabulous peanut butter cookies were published in June in our annual Taste 50 issue, which features d Parkers Farm peanut butter, produced in Coon Rapids. Here's what we said: "The ingredients in super-rich, super-creamy peanut butter Parkers Farm?" Peanuts, ... Read More
Published On Monday, January 18th 2010
While the Internet has opened a new vista for stamp collectors, it also has inaugurated another rocky road rife with potential dangers. The usual problems of not dealing face-to-face aside, there are some new problems that by now should be ... Read More
Published On Monday, January 18th 2010
Minnesota has the highest rate of crib deaths at day-care businesses when compared with 10 other states, and health experts don't know why. They suspect, however, that caregivers may be less likely to have heard about the importance of putting ... Read More
Published On Monday, January 18th 2010
Sports drinks: You find them in any grocery or convenience store, brightly packaged and promising nutrition in a bottle.
Try the dairy case, however, if you want the best sports drink, advises the Clemson Extension Service.
Milk contains nine essential nutrients, and ... Read More
Published On Monday, January 18th 2010
How do you know you're finally home when you've been everywhere? For Susan Herrmann Loomis and husband Michael, it was when they realized they'd stayed seven years in France.
``It's the longest we've lived anywhere,'' says Susan, whose father's miliary career ... Read More
Published On Monday, January 18th 2010
Makes 8-12 large pancakes.
1/2 large Idaho or Russet potato, small grate
2 1/2 cups flour, sifted
1/2 level teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 large egg, beaten
1/2 cup milk
4 tablespoons butter, melted
8-12 rounds of smoked salmon, optional
8 ounces cream cheese, optional
2 tablespoons minced ... Read More
Published On Monday, January 18th 2010
Q. The Napa Valley Grille in Yountville, Calif., puts on a terrific St. Patrick's Day celebration. The starter that I can't get out of my mind is a potato pancake topped with smoked salmon. Can you get the recipe for ... Read More
Published On Sunday, December 13th 2009
Although nobody knows for sure exactly when and where you start surfing, if it is known that in so-called Sandwich Islands (later Hawaii), to which James Cook arrived in 1776, it was observed that the natives lived for practice of ... Read More
Published On Wednesday, October 21st 2009
The biggest world conference for evangelical Protestant leaders ever concluded Sunday night with a Communion service, rousing songs by a multiracial youth choir from 50 nations and brief marching orders from its absent chairman, the Rev. Billy Graham.
Graham, looking reasonably ... Read More
Published On Wednesday, October 21st 2009
In Sen. Joseph Lieberman, Al Gore has managed to choose as his running mate an Orthodox Jew whom many Christians -- and especially conservative evangelicals -- regard as an ally on many social and moral issues.
Lieberman has been seen by ... Read More
