New Books for the Cook’s Library in 1980s Chicago
Four new cookbooks offer practical knowledge for both new and seasoned cooks. Le Cordon Bleu Kitchen Essentials covers equipment and techniques with hundreds of color photos. Williams-Sonoma Kitchen Companion provides alphabetical, concise guidance with clear visuals. Julia’s Kitchen Wisdom by Julia Child focuses on techniques and recipes, including breads and tarts, with vintage photos and Child’s distinctive voice. A final note highlights practical kitchen tips illustrated across 600 images.
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Julia Child
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Beff Cook-Off Bets Big Prize and New Recipe Categories
Denver reports the National Beef Cook-Off offers a $50,000 grand prize with a biennial run since 1977. The 2001 event partners with the National Potato Promotion Board for two new beef and potato recipe categories. Entries via website email or mail are due by March 31.
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Creamy Peanut Butter Taste Test Highlights Brands
Washington Post outlines a blind taste test of eleven creamy peanut butters. Brand lineup includes Skippy Smucker's Natural Whole Foods Peter Pan Safeway and others with notes on flavor texture and price per jar. Some entries praised for spreadability while others criticized for sweetness or oil separation.
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Washington Post
Smucker
Ganic
Safeway
Whole Foods
Yogurt Benefits Grow With New Tufts Study
A Tufts University review in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests yogurt may enhance immune resilience and protect the intestinal tract under certain conditions. It cautions that only live and active cultures provide these benefits and recommends looking for the LAC symbol.
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Tufts University
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Simin Meydani
Meydani
National Yogurt Association
Wheat Salad Recipe For 250 Feeds From Iowa Readers
Althea Moore requests a wheat salad recipe using cream cheese, pineapple, vanilla pudding and Cool Whip with toasted wheat. Bernadine Stanford provides a 250 serving method with dry mustard and cottage cheese. Whisk cream cheese and Cool Whip then mix in pudding lemon juice pineapple and nuts, fold in cooked wheat and refrigerate.
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Bernadine Stanford
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