This article popped up a few months ago in the November 2011 Food Network Magazine and gave me quite a good laugh. I like cookies and sweets as much as the next person (ok, maybe more) but did you know they used to be actual USDA approved FOOD GROUPS?!?
Check out the shabbily scanned article from November's magazine. Pretty interesting what the government used to advocate. A diet of bread, milk and plain cookies in the early 1900's. And then a revised version that made butter it's own food group in the 1940's.
It's interesting to see the way our society has developed over the past 100 years. And how far we still have to go!
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Thursday, March 15
Tuesday, February 28
Top Chef University on Gilt City for $69 (regularly $199)
Big thanks to fellow eater and college BFF Courtney for sharing this amazing deal with me. Gilt City is offering a special deal on Top Chef University until March 5.
For $69 you get a one year membership to Top Chef University which includes 12 courses taught by Top Chef winners and contestants like Stephanie Izard, Carla Hall, Spike Mendelsohn, Richard Blais, and Dale Levitski to name a few.
This annual membership which usually goes for $199 includes over 200 video lessons and provides recipes with each lesson. It's more than recipes though, it's technique as well, on everything from stocks, soups, sauces and salads to beef, seafood, poultry, pasta, desserts, global cuisine... you get the point! See the full list here.
If you're interested, check out the deal here. I just bought mine and can't wait to try it out over the next few months. I figure at best I learn some new things and get to experiment with some fun new recipes. At worst, I've subscribed to a somewhat exclusive mini Food Network channel staring all my favorite Top Chef contestants.
Almost completely unrelated... Courtney (the bearer of this exciting tip) and I have been friends since the very first day of class our freshman year at Virginia Tech. We met during the first class of the day, realized we went to neighboring high schools and oh, that we had 3 out of our 5 classes together that semester. We had at least 3 but sometimes as many of 5 of our classes together over each of the following 7 semesters and she was an integral part of my collegiate experience. Despite our nearly 12 year friendship we have taken exactly one good photo together which required professional hair and make up along with a professional photographer. Clearly our time together is better spent catching up over margaritas, doing all night studythons, cheering on the Hokies and being deviant during class.
Thanks again for the heads up on the deal Pea!
For $69 you get a one year membership to Top Chef University which includes 12 courses taught by Top Chef winners and contestants like Stephanie Izard, Carla Hall, Spike Mendelsohn, Richard Blais, and Dale Levitski to name a few.
This annual membership which usually goes for $199 includes over 200 video lessons and provides recipes with each lesson. It's more than recipes though, it's technique as well, on everything from stocks, soups, sauces and salads to beef, seafood, poultry, pasta, desserts, global cuisine... you get the point! See the full list here.
If you're interested, check out the deal here. I just bought mine and can't wait to try it out over the next few months. I figure at best I learn some new things and get to experiment with some fun new recipes. At worst, I've subscribed to a somewhat exclusive mini Food Network channel staring all my favorite Top Chef contestants.
Almost completely unrelated... Courtney (the bearer of this exciting tip) and I have been friends since the very first day of class our freshman year at Virginia Tech. We met during the first class of the day, realized we went to neighboring high schools and oh, that we had 3 out of our 5 classes together that semester. We had at least 3 but sometimes as many of 5 of our classes together over each of the following 7 semesters and she was an integral part of my collegiate experience. Despite our nearly 12 year friendship we have taken exactly one good photo together which required professional hair and make up along with a professional photographer. Clearly our time together is better spent catching up over margaritas, doing all night studythons, cheering on the Hokies and being deviant during class.
Thanks again for the heads up on the deal Pea!
Friday, April 8
Possibly the only time it pays to order a small?
Last Friday I blogged about one of my favorite things on earth - Chicago dogs. I saw this short article yesterday and felt it was an interesting follow up on ballpark eating and drinking.
Stadiums Sell Beer at Unfair Rates (YumSugar)
[Insert deadpan voice here] It's absolutely shocking that we're getting ripped off, right?? I typically drink the small beers anyway, given that I live squarely in the light weight category. But I'll definitely be doing some "comparison shopping" of my own the next time I head to Wrigley.
Have you looked at the ratio of beer price to quantity at a ballpark? Are there any other situations that an eater like me should know about? Like, how getting the smaller milkshake or the single serving of keylime pie actually ends up being a better deal for more than just my waist?
Stadiums Sell Beer at Unfair Rates (YumSugar)
[Insert deadpan voice here] It's absolutely shocking that we're getting ripped off, right?? I typically drink the small beers anyway, given that I live squarely in the light weight category. But I'll definitely be doing some "comparison shopping" of my own the next time I head to Wrigley.
Have you looked at the ratio of beer price to quantity at a ballpark? Are there any other situations that an eater like me should know about? Like, how getting the smaller milkshake or the single serving of keylime pie actually ends up being a better deal for more than just my waist?
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