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Website Wednesday
A short post today because I think I'm coming down with the wicked cold going around NJ. And yes, you do start off by just feeling crappy and it lasts about 9 days which, every self-respecting cold knows, is two days more than what's advertised.
First, a site you may love, you may hate, but you should read:
Counterpunch, a progressive thinking magazine edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair (Cockburn recently died but he's still on the banner), which makes you think even if you would rather have the dross of network news instead. Don't miss:
which predicts the 600 year run of capitalism is in its end game. And it's not: Capitalism is bad! So there! writing but rather it walks you through the stages of that economic system and entertains some interesting thoughts about the Going Green campaign. No fluff here but a necessary read. (I'm really cheering myself up lately by listening to an Open Course from Yale on the end of the Roman Empire.)
But after reading Counterpunch, don't get all nihilistic and decide to sit in a hole; take a look at:
Super Cook is a "you put in your ingredients, we generate a recipe" site. And it works fairly well. When I typed in: chocolate, whipped cream and bread I got sent to Real Simple's chocolate croissants and foodgeeks' chocolate mousse. Not a perfect match with either because one needed croissants, the other chocolate pudding. However, I was in the ballpark with two very simple recipes.
And, who can not like its About: Supercook wants to make life easier for everyone who cooks at home! Our
mission is to enable smarter, quicker decisions about what recipes to
make and what ingredients to use using advanced technology and all the
recipe content on the web.
So. for a fast way to get some easy recipes and read through pages (200) of easy recipes from many sources, check out Supercook.
And now for a very important site regarding food freshness:
Still Tasty gives you the scoop as to whether those carrots which are buried under the onions which have the wide leaf spinach bunch covering it are still good after 7 months.
Apparently not, since carrots in the fridge last up to a month. What? Are they crazy? A month! I'm in big trouble.
What's also nice is that you get instructions on how to store your food and I learned that throwing it in the fridge or freezer just as you brought it home from the grocery is NOT the accepted way.
Both these sites are easily-used compendiums of culinary wisdom. They work well with the novice and the experienced kitchen user. (I fall in the reluctant kitchen user category.) Be sure to bookmark them.
See you next week.
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