Leaving Day Jobs, Novices Dig Into Farming MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND Mark Mills quit his steady job as a pastry chef for the unsteady life of a farmer. Making the decision took two things. Boundless enthusiasm, coupled with a little bit of ignoranc

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The country known for creamy sauces and croissants is suffering a butter shortage that has not been seen in recent times. The French per capita consume more butter than any other country, some 18 pounds per person every year, so

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图片1 Vienna by chance. Have you ever been to Vienna? I was lucky enough to get there by chance during my trip to Europe. How can anyone go to Vienna by chance? Any person with a brain would go there deliberately, right? Well, because I didn't have

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A double treat for me during my week's vacation, was to visit my dear friend, Lorraine, in Nice. I hadn't seen her for eleven years, which, of course is far too long. But, as you probably know, when you get together with a great friend, even if you h

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US Culinary School Draws Students from Around the Globe HYDE PARK, NEW YORK In 1946, when the American military returned from the World War II, a small vocational culinary institution was established for veterans in the northeastern United States. To

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The book business hasn't changed very much in the past 500 years. Someone writes a book. Someone publishes it. And you buy it and carry it around until you're done reading it. Then if you're a book lover, you repeat this process for lots, and lots, a

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For Syrian Refugees In Connecticut, A Helping Hand From Private Volunteers play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0006:46repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update

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By Liu Enming New York 20 March 2007 watch Enming report Kosher foods are items made and served under proper Jewish dietary guidelines. For example, there should be no mixing of meat and milk, which symbolize death and life respectively, and the pro

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Residents and businesses in the Indian city of Mumbai, say they are eager to return to normal following the bloody three-day siege that killed nearly 200 people and turned the city into a battle zone. Raymond Thibodeaux has this report from Mumbai w

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By Liu Enming New York, New York 23 January 2007 watch Little Italy report New York City is teeming with immigrants from around the world, many of who bring the tastes and cultures of their homelands to their new country. In one immigrant neighborho

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Butcher Haj Mohammed chops pieces of meat at his Halal butcher shop and wraps each carefully for his customers in in Paris's Muslim quarter Famed American chef, author and television personality Julia Child once called cooking in France a national sp

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粮农组织倡导将昆虫作为食物 Even though insects are a delicacy in some parts of the world,to many people, the thought of eating them is downright disgusting. 尽管对于世界上一些地区来说昆虫是一种美味,但一想到吃虫子

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Paul Hollywood is all about the bake. He grew up in a flat that always smelled of bread above his father's bakery in Merseyside, became a baker in his teens, then head baker at five-star London hotels, then off to resorts in Cyprus

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: Hey, Aggie. How's it going? We met up with pastry chef Aggie Chin again this past week to bring you her recommendation for a family-style dessert perfect for a holiday dinner, pear upside-down spice cake. AGGIE CHIN: I love pears a

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She eats a Granola Bar. She drops a crumb in the kitchen. She does not realize it. She goes to watch a movie. She comes back to the kitchen. She sees many ants. The ants are all near the crumb. She gets a broom. She sweeps the ants and the crumb away

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By Amra Alirejsovic Washington 10 May 2007 A recent charity event in Washington, D.C. was as tasty as it was philanthropic. The non-profit group Heart of America Foundation sponsored a charity gala (April 16th) that brought together chefs and celebri

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Beginners. The D'Anjou bakery is a special place to visit that is located quite close to Wenatchee. A quick drive on the highway, past the town of Cashmere, will take you to this place of delights. If you are not careful, you will miss the turn-off,

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Because it is Spring break, we have arranged a quick get-a-way to Seattle for a couple of days. My husband has been extremely busy at work, and hasn't even had a weekend break for a while, so I decided that it is time for us to 'get out of dodge'. He

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