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Cooking as nesting

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Talk about “busy” in the kitchen! The daughter-in-law is amazing.

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I haven’t started scrubbing the grout yet, but I have been busy in the kitchen:

  • Oatmeal pecan cookies (recipe from Joanne Chang’s Flour)
  • Broccoli potato cheddar soup (recipe from Deborah Madison’s Vegetable Soups)
  • Pizza (Trader Joe’s pizza dough for the crust, homemade pesto with basil from our garden, mozzarella, broccoli, grape tomatoes sliced lengthwise and placed face-up so the juice doesn’t make the pizza dough soggy)
  • Oatmeal craisin cookies (recipe from Flour)
  • Sweet potato pumpkin carrot soup (butter, onion, 2 sweet potatoes, 1 can pumpkin, carrots, bay leaf, vegetable broth)
  • Chocolate chip cookies (Tollhouse recipe, with a sprinkle of smoked sea salt on top when they come out of the oven)
  • Chicken Parmesan over orzo
  • Applesauce with three different kinds of apples from the farmers’ market
  • Potato vegetable soup (butter, onion, garlic, 2 potatoes, carrots, broccoli, vegetable broth, bay leaf, salt and pepper to taste, frozen corn…

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USDA wants to import Namibia beef into USA as that African nation fights foot and mouth disease epidemic in cattle herds

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Namibia has a big problem - foot and mouth disease infecting its cattle herds. Officials are confident they will push back the attack on their beef industry, and have enacted strict controls of movement of animals from one location to another within the country. On September 1, a local newspaper reported that "the foot and … Continue reading USDA wants to import Namibia beef into USA as that African nation fights foot and mouth disease epidemic in cattle herds

Iran boss says no vote on nuclear pact or it will be legal (enforceable) deal with U.S. – not just a voluntary maybe!

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The Winner Is... Iran's wily President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday (August 29) that he opposes any parliamentary vote on the landmark nuclear deal reached with world powers because terms of the agreement would turn into legal obligations if passed by lawmakers. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama is in a frantic fit to convince everyone in America … Continue reading Iran boss says no vote on nuclear pact or it will be legal (enforceable) deal with U.S. – not just a voluntary maybe!

Fed Chairman Blames Banks For Continued High Unemployment

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The investment cash is going to China, India, South Korea and Vietnam, where factories are being built by American companies to make products to export to the U.S. and elsewhere. Those countries rebate the local Value Added Tax (around 20%) to exporters because most every country has their own VAT on products coming into their … Continue reading Fed Chairman Blames Banks For Continued High Unemployment