Cookware trends shift as stainless steel fights aluminum
The article notes aluminum cookware is popular while stainless steel recedes, driven by trends and retailer promotions. It covers Calphalon price points around 266 for nine pieces, Chantal enamel on stainless, and copper and cast iron as alternatives with pricing like 72 for Le Creuset and 100 for a 10 inch copper pan.
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Paul Uetzmann
Cookware Manufacturers Association
Uetzmann
Calphalon
Jeff Smith
Chantal
Iowa City
Catherine Champion
le Creuset
Smith
Jane Brody
Paper
Champion
Light Balance nutrition notes and cautions
Analysis warns that a 200 calorie Light Balance snack can suit meals on some days but with caveats. Three flavors are flagged as poor combinations due to cholesterol and meat content. Mushroom Stroganoff and Pasta and Garden Vegetable may be miscategorized with other sides. Diabetes warns that corn syrup appears in many flavors and ADA mention is not endorsement. Beef Americana and Beef and Pasta noted.
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American Diabetes Association
Light Balance
Old Fashioned Taffy Pull Recipe and Steps
A detailed vintage guide explains making taffy from sugar water corn syrup salt and butter. It covers heating to 265 degrees, pouring onto a slab, pulling folding twisting and testing for readiness, then cutting and wrapping for storage, yielding about 10 pounds.
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DS Angeles Timesemember
Peanut butter cookies with hidden treats recipe notes
A recipe column gives two peanut butter cookie ideas from Better Homes and Gardens Cookies. It includes making nine cookie portions with miniature peanut butter cups baked in, then cooling and serving in paper cups. Also lists a second butter dough with candy center and orange glaze and decorative sprinkles for finish.
Nutritional Details Incomplete From OCR Fragment Worth Digest
The snippet lists per serving values and grams with unclear terms. It mentions weights 25 ounce and 8.25 ounce pack, sodium 670 to 750 milligrams, cholesterol 0 to 15 milligrams, and fat or other measures from 1 to 6 grams, but the text is garbled and partial.
Flank steak dress on display at Chicago gallery
A Montreal artist Jana Sterbak presents a dress sewn from flank steak at the Donald Young Gallery in Chicago. The sleeveless piece resembles a 1919 frock but features lumpy folds and is salted to transform into jerky during the exhibition.
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Donald Young
Chicago
Montreal
Jana Sterbak
Jana
Chopsticks Reused as Garden Stakes in Japan LA Chain
Chopstix restaurant chain in Los Angeles donates its used chopsticks to Sheridan Garden Nursery Inc for recycling as garden stakes. The practice highlights waste reduction choices versus ending chopstick use.
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Japan
Chopstix
Los Angeles
Sheridan Garden
Fruitcakes Garner Surprising Popularity Ahead of Christmas
Owen credits growing orders to shifting image of fruitcakes, noting rising gift demand. Fruitcakes priced at 8 dollars for 14 pounds and 6 dollars for a pound, available at Marion Country Kitchen and Danish Maid Bakery in Cedar Rapids, with 2 dollars for mail postage. Sale lasts until Christmas or supplies run out.
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Owen
Marion Country Kitchen
Danish Maid
Cedar Rapids
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