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Swanson Broth Forecasts Top Soup Trends for 2008
CAMDEN, N.J., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of National Soup Month this January, the Swanson Broth experts in the Campbell's Kitchen have released a taste of what is to come in the world of soup in 2008. While enjoying a bowl of homemade soup is a wintertime staple, homemade soups are generating renewed interest in kitchens across America, due to a general increase in at-home cooking and fueled by a growing desire among consumers to cook with fresh ingredients. "The trends we are observing today in homemade soup are a microcosm of what is happening across the food industry," says Lucinda Ayers, vice president of Campbell's Kitchen. "The overall trends in flavors, ingredients and techniques play a role in soups too, and have an enormous impact on new soups that are being created both at home and in restaurant kitchens." By keeping a close watch on recent soup trends -- especially since more than 83 percent of homemade soups start with broth as a base -- "Swanson" broth has developed a short list of "emerging" and "embraced" trends in food.
Albany native Kathryn Pierce-McAllister writes a cookbook in ...
CLIO, Mich. When Albany native Kathryn Pierce-McAllister was lured from her hometown to Michigan by her Yankee husband, Lee, eight years ago, she figured shed adjust. Shed adjust to the snowy winters, life in a new city and to people asking her where shes from every time she talks (hiding her strong Southern drawl is about as possible as hiding her red hair). But she would absolutely not go without the Southern lifestyle that she grew up with taking pride in. Its part of my life. You dont just stop cold turkey just because you move to a new territory, she said in a phone interview from Michigan. The South will always be my roots. Its a little crisp up here, but when I go home I can feel that warmth, she added. Pierce-McAllister said she is big on family tradition and even bigger on keeping her word.
Sports Columnists
He's a 26-year career assistant who once, to make ends meet between stops, grew Christmas trees in Irwin, Tenn. Can't get any less artificial than that. The new man describes himself as "a systems guy," and that's precisely what this careening organization requires. The Falcons have invested heavily in personalities, only to be betrayed at every turn. They need a baseline set of tenets. They need a guy whose burning ambition isn't to coach the Washington Huskies or to run after every open job. They need a man who sees, to quote Mike Smith, the imperative "to focus on the task at hand." His task: To coach up a team that has been beaten down and, in so doing, bring order to chaos. And having a system, having core beliefs, is always the way to begin. Mike Smith isn't a big name or an outsized personality.
Chefs take the humble Tater Tot to the next level
The Tater Tot held its debutante ball, fittingly, at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. The swooping post-modern structure had itself just debuted in 1954, signaling the country's interest in new forms, new conveniences, new luxuries — all financed with infusions of postwar cash. The coming-out event wasn't actually a dance in honor of a frozen food, but rather a breakfast at the National Potato Convention being held at the hotel. One attendee — F. Nephi "Neef" Grigg of Ore-Ida Foods in Idaho — had smuggled in a satchel of what would be his greatest invention. .
Savory muffins broaden the palate
Combine first four ingredients in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture. Combine egg and next five ingredients; add to dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened. Spoon into greased muffin pans, filling two-thirds full. Combine pecans, 1/4 cup brown sugar and cinnamon, if desired; sprinkle over muffins. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden. Remove from pans immediately. Yields 12. With interesting and fun breads, you need interesting and fun butter to go on them. Some unusual butters, or you might even say gourmet butters, change any plain bread, muffin or roll into something really special. Be sure to use only good quality unsalted butter for these recipes. If you refrigerate these before use, allow them to soften to room temperature before serving, at least 15 minutes.
Friday Look Ahead: I'm backing up my Bruins logic
So when I put it in those terms I figured I could take a chance here and try Nebraska over Kansas given how I was that close with Clemson over North Carolina in last week's Friday Look Ahead. So Nebraska over Kansas it is. That's a "crazy" prediction, right? Now let's see how stupid the Jayhawks can me make this look Saturday. Player trying to keep rolling: Ramar Smith was the better recruit, Tyler Smith is the better pro prospect. So it has been easy for JaJuan Smith to get lost in the mix at Tennessee despite averaging 15.2 points last season. This season, the senior guard is averaging 14.9 points for the No. 8 Vols, and has made 15-of-28 shots -- including 9-of-19 3-pointers -- in the past two games to help UT take an eight-game winning streak into Saturday's tilt at South Carolina.
Five Lakes Grill
Chef Brian Polcyn of Five Lakes Grill in Milford talks about cooking with the kind of excitement other people reserve for sports cars, great music or fine wine. He uses words like "awesome" and "beautiful." Intensity fills his voice. His eyes sparkle. .
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