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FORWARD OPERATING BASE FORTRESS, Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2007 – “The Rock believes highly that food service support improves morale,” said Army Sgt. Joseph Smith, from Jackson, Mich. Army Sgt. Joseph Smith, dining facility manager at Forward Operating Base Fortress, Afghanistan, cooks quesadillas for soldiers Dec. 6, 2007. Smith took orders and custom-cooked quesadillas. Photo by Sgt. Brandon Aird, USA  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Smith is the dining facility manager at Forward Operating Base Fortress and a member of 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), which is known as “The Rock.” Paratroopers in the battalion’s Company D and...

It's fun to repeat things. I posted a food memories thread last year. Let's revise it and talk about old-fashioned recipes.

CAIRO: There are diverse aspects to the ancient Egyptian civilization that many of us are fascinated by: the building of pyramids, the tombs that store mummies or hoards of gold, as well as the captivating paintings on the walls. But few of us direct our attention to the ancient Egyptians’ cuisine and their kitchens. The issue would have remained sidelined, even despite of the fact that the walls in temples and tombs are replete with images showing the Pharaohs’ meals as well as the poultry and animals that made up part of their dishes. But when a tour guide’s interest...

Long story short, I am doing some renovation work at my house soon and am deciding on which items to get for my kitchen. So far, I am getting a viking oven, a sub zero fridge, probably getting broan range hood, but am a bit torn on a dishwasher and other stuff.Whats the best dishwasher, Bosch or Miele?Is Viking the best oven?Is sub-zero (not the mortal kombat character) the best fridge?The oven is going to be a 60 inch viking with grill and griddle, is this the best choice?I am kind of torn on which sub-zero fridge to get, between...

(KUTV) SALT LAKE CITY Its' something just about every woman carries with them. While we may know what's inside our purses, do you have any idea what's on the outside? Shauna Lake put purses to the test – for bacteria – with surprising results. You may think twice about where you put your purse. Women carry purses everywhere from the office to public restrooms to the floor of the car. Most women won't be caught without their purses, but did you ever stop to think about where your purse goes during the day? “I drive a school bus, so my...

With her biological clock winding down and no sign of Mr. Right, one woman pursues a different route to motherhood. I'm in my ob-gyn's office, feet in the stirrups. Dr. Bakas peeks up over the paper sheet draped across my knees and pulls his gloves off with a snap. "So? Do you want a cigarette?" My friend Bev laughs, as does the nurse, but I try not to because I don't want to jiggle or move or do anything to disrupt those tiny little sperm as they make the long journey up through my uterus to my little waiting egg....

From London soup kitchen to a raft in Scandinavian sea By Amy Iggulden (Filed: 04/05/2006) Police are trying to solve the mystery of how a homeless man living rough in London ended up on a makeshift raft drifting in the sea off Scandinavia. The castaway, who claimed that he had been drifting for four days, was traced back to a soup kitchen in central London. George Williams was dehydrated and frostbitten when rescued The centre identified him as George Williams, 46, who had been living on the streets for several years. Staff said he was last seen there two months...

At 10:16 this morning I called my favorite Mexican restaurant. It's cheap and it's still good. Not GREAT, but good. The owner answered. "What are your hours?" I asked. "We open at 11, and if nothing goes wrong, we'll be here until 9:30." See, the restaurant was a block from where the local demonstrations were, so he could have closed for safety reasons. But, he opened his restaurant. I will go there again in the future. Tonight we went to Old Country Buffet instead. On the way I saw another Mexican Restaurant open and crowded.

Woman Gets Beer From Her Kitchen Faucet AP It almost seemed like a miracle to Haldis Gundersen when she turned on her kitchen faucet this weekend and found the water had turned into beer. Two flights down, employees and customers at the Big Tower Bar were horrified when water poured out of the beer taps. By an improbable feat of clumsy plumbing, someone at the bar in Kristiandsund, western Norway, had accidentally hooked the beer hoses to the water pipes for Gundersen's apartment. "We had settled down for a cozy Saturday evening, had a nice dinner, and I was just...

The president of Harvard University, Lawrence Summers, announced this week that he will resign from his position at the end of this academic year. This became almost inevitable after he made a speech last winter claiming "innate differences" between the sexes may well explain why more men succeed in math and sciences than do women. Not the most radical statement in history, perhaps, but bold enough to make him a hated figure on campuses and a punching bag for radical feminists. I don't really know if there is a different aptitude for science between men and women and don't particularly...

Tue 17 Jan 2006 Far-right 'charity' that leaves Muslims hungry SUSAN BELLIN PARIS FAR-right groups in France are distributing ham sandwiches and pork soup to homeless people in an attempt to discriminate against Muslims and Jews, forbidden to eat pork products. Food hand-outs, which have already taken place in Paris, Nice and Nantes, and in Brussels and Charleroi in Belgium, have now spread to the eastern French city of Strasboug. At the weekend, Strasbourg's prefect banned the extreme right association Solidarité Alsacienne from distributing its soupe au cochon (pig soup) to poor and homeless people in the city centre....

Ancient ‘kitchen’ unearthed in southern IndianaFrom The Associated PressCHARLESTOWN — Workers building a boat ramp at southeastern Indiana’s Charlestown State Park have uncovered the apparent remains of a 4,000-year-old “kitchen” ancient American Indians tribes may have used to prepare their winter food supply. The discovery of the site in eastern Clark County prompted the state to temporarily halt work on the Ohio River boat ramp project. Bob McCullough, who heads an archaeological survey team from Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, said the low-lying area was probably used by nomadic tribes of hunters and gatherers. He said they appear to have...

Home safety: The jarring truth BY DAVE BARRY Feb.6, 2005 (This classic Dave Barry column was originally published on Feb. 18,1990.) Today's Practical Homemaker Topic is: Useful Cooking Tips and Hints. Cooking is one of the major cultural achievements, along with golf, that separate human beings from animals. Animals don't cook. When they encounter something that might be food, they just snork it down. My editor's dog, Clementine, once ate aquarium gravel without even heating it up. Some scientists believe that ants might cook. The reasoning here is that if you look at the kinds of culinary treasures that worker...

WHEN mad cow disease was discovered in Washington State recently, it made headlines for days and brought action from the federal government. Coupled with a number of E. coli scares, it caused some Americans to swear off hamburger. But most people don't seem to worry about what experts say is a petri dish for food-borne illness: the home kitchen. "Everybody is so acutely aware of mad cow disease," said Janet Anderson, a clinical associate professor of nutrition and food sciences at Utah State University, "but people aren't aware of the fact that they don't even wash their hands when they...

American Constitutional Research Service State officials flout Constitution and S.C. Well it’s finally happened! The peoples’ employees at Florida’s Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco have engaged in what amounts to be conspiracy, extortion, and a violation of Sec. 242 - Deprivation of rights under color of law. See: Landlords Extinguish Smoke-Friendly Restaurant But don’t mention that to Division spokeswoman Meg Shannon, who said "It was a simple housekeeping matter" when the Division threatened a truck stop plaza co-owner, Tony Singh, with a revocation of its beer and wine license___ not because he was breaking the law in his convenience...

<p>WEST MILFORD, N.J. (AP) A homeowner who shot a large bear that was drawn to his house by the smell of sizzling pork chops was charged Thursday with unlawfully injuring an animal.</p> <p>The state Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Fish and Wildlife cited Patrick Flynn Jr. for shooting a 400-pound black bear that entered his yard last week.</p>

BEND, Ore. (AP) - When Linda Bertolani left her front door ajar for her Himilayan cat, she got another feline visitor - a full-grown cougar. The cougar sneaked into her kitchen Sunday night and let out a high-pitched scream, Bertolani said. He had her 16-year-old cat, Sebastian, in his mouth. "You should have seen Sebastian's fur flying," Bertolani said. The cougar dropped Sebastian, ran from the house and vanished over a fence before the police and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife got there. Sebastian is recovering at home. Corey Heath, a Deschutes Wildlife District biologist, said no other...

Will Bridgeport Bite the Hand that Feeds its Poor? By Ken Von Kohorn, Chairman Family Institute of Connecticut The Bridgeport Rescue Mission is a faith-based charity that helps the poor in both body and spirit. Working out of the Fanny Crosby Memorial Home on Fairfield Avenue, the mission offers food, shelter, long-term drug rehabilitation, and recreational programs for youths that might otherwise have nowhere to go but the street. Importantly, the Rescue Mission also offers spiritual sustenance -- Bible Clubs, Sunday School, and chapel services. On Monday evenings the Rescue Mission’s Mobile Soup Kitchen travels to South Street to distribute...