| Changing times leave cookbooks on the shelf
My interest in cookbooks began early, of necessity. My mother was not a good cook. Her puddings were lumpy. Her jello was rubbery. But no one complained. We didn't want this otherwise sweet and wonderful mother to feel bad. But when she cried because her cakes wouldn't come out of the pan or her pie crust crumbled, I knew I had to do something. There were not as many cookbooks then as now. We relied on "Fanny Farmer's Boston Cooking School Book," but it was probably "Betty Crocker's Picture Cookbook" that taught me, and in turn my mother, how to cook. When I got married, my mother gave me "The Ladies Home Journal Cookbook," which I still treasure. Here were not only instructions on cooking but information on setting a nice table, planning a menu and entertaining.
Bangor High School bans peanuts
BANGOR (AP) - Bangor High School is going all out to keep peanuts off school property to protect a freshman student with a severe food allergy.
The cafeteria staff is ridding the kitchen and lunchroom of any traces of peanuts, peanut butter or other foods that might trigger a potentially fatal reaction in the unnamed student. School vending machines have been emptied of snacks with nuts, including granola bars and bags of peanuts.
The school last week sent a letter home to parents asking that they refrain from packing peanuts or other nuts or nut products in their children's lunches. The letter also asked parents to make sure their children wash their faces and hands thoroughly before coming to school if they've had contact with nuts in the morning.
"We're taking every precaution we can," Principal Norris Nickerson said.
Hygiene, healthy eating and fitness at Murrayfield
The Food Standards Agency Scotland teamed up with Scottish Rugby today to kick-start the launch of a new partnership initiative at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh. The move will encourage thousands of youngsters across Scotland to boost their knowledge of food hygiene, healthy eating and improve their fitness. Almost 5000 school children from 160 primary schools across Scotland will take part in this initiative, which comprises a six-week training course for boys and girls in primaries five and six. The course is designed to make children more aware of the benefits of good food hygiene and healthy eating. Some youngsters and teachers from schools participating in the scheme will join the Scotland rugby squad and be treated to a healthy lunch before stepping pitch-side at today's launch.
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