By Sara Moulton The Associated Press On Thanksgiving Day, why not follow presidential custom and grant your turkey a pardon? Sure, the big bird has always been at the centre of the traditional feast, but cooking it is almost always a headache. The problem is how long to cook it. […]
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By Paul Elias The Associated Press SANTA ROSA, Calif. — For one Sunday, the fires that staggered this small city and wiped out thousands of homes were an afterthought at Snoopy’s Home Ice In Northern California. In an ice rink built by Peanuts cartoon creator Charles Schulz, hundreds of 7- […]
By Brady McCombs The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon church’s gradual embrace of the digital age for missionaries took another step forward Friday as the religion announced it is nearly doubling the missions where technology is allowed and swapping out tablets for smartphones. The change signals ongoing […]
By The Culinary Institute Of America The Associated Press If you don’t like cranberries, Thanksgiving is probably your worst nightmare. It’s basically the only time of the year that they make an appearance, and if you don’t eat cranberry sauce, well, why even bother? After all, the undisputed best part […]
The Canadian Press Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver focuses on whittling down the shopping list for his latest cookbook: “5 Ingredients Quick and Easy Food.” “I’ve written recipes with 10, 12, 15, 20 ingredients and always felt really happy about it but of course, probably by the time you get to […]
The Associated Press New Yorkers with a taste for an expensive city staple will have an opportunity to try the $1,000 bagel when it returns there next month. The Westin New York hotel in Times Square says it’s bringing back the extravagant bagel for a limited time after it first […]
By Ted Anthony The Associated Press BANGKOK — Tucked in his cramped clothing stall in an enormous Thai mall, Pirumchai Asiram sits on a plastic chair flanked by two worlds bright, vibrantly colored shirts and dresses to his right, neat stacks of sombre apparel in blacks and whites to his […]
The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Iridium Communications says its next two launches of new-generation satellites will use refurbished SpaceX Falcon 9 first-stage boosters that have flown previously. The announcement Thursday is another step in SpaceX’s effort to reduce launch costs. The company has launched a few used boosters and […]
By Michael Hill The Associated Press BURDETT, N.Y. — The sloping vineyards of New York’s Finger Lakes region known for producing golden-hued rieslings and chardonnays also are offering a splash of orange wine. The colour comes not from citrus fruit, but by fermenting white wine grapes with their skins on […]
The Associated Press PARIS — Blame the croissant. French pastries, and butter, have become so popular abroad that the increased demand led to a mini shortage of the dairy product in French supermarkets. According to the body in charge of listing the cost of foods, the price of butter rose […]
The Associated Press New Yorkers with a taste for an expensive city staple will have an opportunity to try the $1,000 bagel when it returns to the city next month. The Westin New York hotel in Times Square says it’s bringing back the extravagant bagel for a limited time after […]
The Associated Press Excerpts of letters written by a young Barack Obama to a girlfriend. The letters were released by Emory University. ——— September 1982, New York City “I must admit large dollops of envy for both groups, my American friends consuming their life in the comfortable mainstream, the foreign […]
