Dear Mr. Schultz (Chairman and CEO of Starbucks), First of all I would like to thank you for your company and products. I appreciate the ability to spin around 3 times and  face one of your establishments when I stop.  I also appreciate the ability to use all of those $5 bills I have cluttering [...]

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Andrew on May 31st, 2010

Here’s the 26-page “Guide” (MIL-C-44072C) to making the perfect military Cookies & Brownies.  As typical with any government document it leaves nothing to chance and has more references to other documents than actual ingredients! On another note, THANK YOU to all of the military service personnel past & present.  It is your sacrifice that has [...]

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Andrew on May 31st, 2010

A “Greasy Spoon” that’s served downtown Noblesville for decades has been transformed into a gem of a diner, and just gained some loyal fans! Having lived in Noblesville from age of 12 to 24, I’ve eaten at at the Uptown Cafe on a number of occasions.  I always remembered it as a smokey little hole [...]

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Andrew on May 29th, 2010

I love good french fries (pommes frites) & have made them at home on a couple of occasions.  It’s not as easy as you would think!  Kenji Lopez over at the Serious Eats Burger Lab has an in depth article explaining how to make the prefect french fry. While I’m on the subject, you can [...]

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Andrew on April 21st, 2010

Check out the video & head on over to the site to sign the petition!

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The proof was in the pudding. An elderly Long Island husband and wife were busted yesterday for tampering with boxes of Jell-O pudding — replacing the contents with sand and salt and then returning them to stores for the $1.40-a-pop refund, officials said. [MORE]

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Andrew on February 24th, 2010
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Andrew on February 18th, 2010

Of the many horrors that lurk in the e-mail in-box of a working parent — dental reminders, Facebook invitations involving some weird farm, “thoughts” from the boss — nothing quite rivals the snack request. Not a month goes by without someone somewhere asking me to serve up some snack for an event that one of [...]

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Andrew on February 17th, 2010

Can something as simple as the timing of recess make a difference in a child’s health and behavior? Some experts think it can, and now some schools are rescheduling recess — sending students out to play before they sit down for lunch. The switch appears to have led to some surprising changes in both cafeteria [...]

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Andrew on February 15th, 2010
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