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NATIONAL FRENCH TOAST DAY Each year on November 28th, people across the United States enjoy National French Toast Day. Also known as eggy bread or omelet bread, it makes a great breakfast for guests or part of a brunch. #NationalFrenchToastDay Home cooks and professionals alike whip up a few personal favorites when it comes to french toast recipes. The base consists of eggs and milk whisked together. Bread is dipped into the mixture and fried until golden. Many people also add some sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon to the base. The flavor of French toast can be brightened with a squeeze...

RALEIGH -- In an odd political bedfellows moment, three North Carolina congressmen - two progressive Democrats and one religious-right Republican - joined forces Monday to urge the Obama administration to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan. At an anti-war town hall meeting in the Legislative Building, Republican U.S. Rep. Walter Jones and Democratic U.S. Reps.David Price and Brad Miller sought to keep the pressure on the administration to end the American combat operations by the middle of 2013. "Our concern is that too many times, administrations will say that the date for coming home is a year from now, 18 months...

French fries are back on the menu in the US House of Representatives, three years after the name was ditched in favour of "freedom fries." House Republicans renamed fries and French toast in 2003 to protest at France's opposition to the war on Iraq. The patriotic name change hit the headlines at the time but the change back is getting much less coverage. A House official would only say that fries are no longer being offered under the "freedom" nomenclature. The Washington Times newspaper contacted aides of the two congressmen behind the move to "freedom fries " to see...

WASHINGTON - With America needing all the help it can get in Iraq (news - web sites), it's time to swallow our pride and give the French back their fries, a House lawmaker said in a letter to her colleagues. House Republican leaders last March, angered by French opposition to U.S. plans to take military action against Iraq, ordered that all restaurants in the House replace the french fries on their menus with "freedom fries." But now, said Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (news, bio, voting record), D-Texas, we need to bring the French back to the table. "President Bush (news...

Cavuto was discussing with Shirley Lee Jackson (D-TX) why the US should now get in bed with the French. Jackson is supporting the French view. As the discussion turned, the following brief exchange took place regarding French Fries/Freedom Fries. Cavuto: "Did you ever call them Freedom Fries?" Shirley Jackson (D-TX): "I never had the chance. I'm on a vegetable diet myself." ------------------------------- Hey, Shirley. Fries are from potatoes. Potatoes are vegetables.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To get international help to rebuild Iraq, Congress may have to eat some French fries and French toast, according to Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. Saying it is time to put aside differences with France, the Texas Democrat circulated a letter on Monday urging the U.S. House of Representatives to put back the word "French" in fries and toast on House cafeteria and dining hall menus. Lawmakers ordered them renamed "Freedom" fries and "Freedom" toast last spring, reflecting anger at France for its opposition to the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein as Iraq's president. But times have...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To get international help to rebuild Iraq, Congress may have to eat some French fries and French toast, according to Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. Saying it is time to put aside differences with France, the Texas Democrat circulated a letter on Monday urging the House of Representatives to put back the word "French" back in fries and toast on House cafeteria and dining hall menus. Lawmakers ordered them renamed "Freedom" fries and "Freedom" toast last spring, reflecting anger at France for its opposition to the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein as Iraq's president. But times have...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush said that French President Jacques Chirac won't soon be welcome to his Texas ranch even if bilateral tensions over Iraq eventually melt away. "I doubt he'll be coming to the ranch any time soon," Bush told NBC television, a reference to his beloved "Prairie Chapel" property, a coveted invitation extended only to a handful of world leaders. Bush and Chirac fell out over Paris'stated determination to bury a new UN Security Council resolution authorizing military action against Iraq, which inflamed anti-French sentiment in the United States. "There are some strains in the...

Many Iraqi citizens have taken to the streets in recent days to celebrate their freedom from dictator Saddam Hussein. But that joy could turn to sorrow, anti-war protesters warn, when the Iraqis begin to see their country adopt western cultural values. Stephanie Schaudel, co-coordinator for Voices in the Wilderness, an anti-war group in Chicago, said the "richness of culture" in Iraq is going to be subjected to Americanization by U.S. corporations during the post-war rebuilding of the war-torn nation. The result, she indicated, would be difficult for Iraqis to swallow. "Some people would think that seeing a KFC (formerly Kentucky...

<p>I remember reading this story years ago about a guy who was fired at work yet no one immediately around him knew it at the time. So he kept coming into work.</p> <p>Every day at 9 a.m. sharp, he would take off his coat, neatly place it beside his desk, sit down and do his job -- making purchase orders, even attending meetings!</p>

Boise Restaurant Offers Freedom -- Not French -- Toast By Scott Logan BOISE, ID - In Casablanca, the 1942 film classic, emotional singing of Le Marseillaise, the French national anthem, drowns out a bunch of Nazi crooners at Rick's American Cafe. It was clearly good against evil. But 60 years later at another cafe in downtown Boise, all things French -- or seemingly so -- aren't necessarily good anymore. At the Capri Restaurant on Fairview Avenue, French Toast is now called Freedom Toast and served with a little American flag. "Everybody's against the French, kinda sorta," said Capri cashier...

<p>March 27, 2003 -- WHEN President Bush flew to Florida yesterday, Air Force One's menu featured "stuffed freedom toast" since F- - - -h is now a dirty word, but the broader question is how to fry the F- - - -h for stabbing America in the back on Iraq.</p>

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, March 26 (AFP) - Add President George W. Bush's official Air Force One airplane to the list of spots where "French" toast has come off the menu due to Franco-US tensions over Iraq. Reporters flying here Wednesday with Bush aboard the modified Boeing 747 were offered "freedom toast" stuffed with cream cheese and garnished with strawberries for breakfast. Eateries around the United States -- including the House of Representatives' cafeterias -- have been replacing the "French" in "French fries" and "French toast" with "freedom" to signal anger over Paris' opposition to the war.

<p>Welcome to the trans-Atlantic food fight. Yesterday, while Jacques Chirac was wagging his veto finger, Republican lawmakers in Washington officially decreed that the quintessential American hamburger has no business sharing a plate with greasy Gallic potatoes. French fries will henceforth be known as "freedom fries" in the House cafeteria. Breakfast will offer "freedom toast."</p>

March 12, 2003 A Postponed Deadline, a Beleaguered Blair and De-Frenched Fries he United States budged slightly at the United Nations on its ultimatum for Iraq, where the mood was growing tense in expectation of war. Hairline fractures appeared in the relationship between the United States and Britain, and new potential troubles with Turkish cooperation in military planning emerged. A MODEST RETREAT After opposition to Washington's war plan from France and Russia grew more categorical, the Bush administration backed off today from its deadline of Monday for United Nations weapons inspections. But President Bush wants a vote on a resolution by...

<p>Welcome to the trans-Atlantic food fight. Yesterday, while Jacques Chirac was wagging his veto finger, Republican lawmakers in Washington officially decreed that the quintessential American hamburger has no business sharing a plate with greasy Gallic potatoes. French fries will henceforth be known as "freedom fries" in the House cafeteria. Breakfast will offer "freedom toast."</p>

<p>The restaurant menus in the three House office buildings will change the name of "french fries" to "freedom fries," a culinary rebuke of France, stemming from anger over the country's refusal to support the U.S. position on Iraq.</p> <p>Ditto for "french toast," which will be known as "freedom toast."</p>

IHOP is always full of surprises, like our new Stuffed French Toast. We take warm cinnamon-raisin French toast stuffed with cream cheese and crown it with whipped topping, powdered sugar and your favorite fruit. Stuffed French toast can be accompanied by your favorite breakfast meats, eggs and hash browns. Hurry in because Stuffed French toast is available for a limited time at participating IHOP locations. IHOP Celebrates 45 Years of Service! IHOP restaurants have been one of America's favorite restaurants since the opening of the first restaurant in Toluca Lake, California in 1958. This year we celebrate our 45th anniversary...