Oct 8th, 2008 · The United Nations declared 2008 the International Year of the Potato. Bill Campbell organized the Palmer Potato Pageant in Palmer, Alaska, to honor the potato for its benefits — both nutritional and recreational. He talks about the pageant.
Oct 8th, 2008 · Need an escape from the bad economic news? Try a movie! Or rather, 57 movies back-to-back. Guinness says it may have a new world record in movie-watching. The competition took place in a plexiglass house in New York's Times Square. Starting with "Iron Man" and ending with "Thelma and Louise." Susan Sarandon and Richard Simmons showed up to encourage contestants.
Aug 25th, 2008 · In July 1916, Lawrence "Chubby" Woodman's roadside potato chip stand wasn't doing so well. So Chubby tried tossing some battered clams into boiling oil and, as the restaurant says, "made culinary history." Chubby opened a clam shack in Essex, Mass., which is still there.
Jul 16th, 2008 · Camp cooking doesn't have to mean dehydrated, over-salted soups and powdered potatoes. With a little experimentation and forethought, most cooks can turn out fantastic meals from scratch — even outside of a kitchen.
Jun 3rd, 2008 · The man who designed the distinctive Pringles potato crisp can died a month ago. On Monday, a portion of Frederic Baur's ashes were buried — in a Pringles can.
May 23rd, 2008 · Set just after World War II, this novel about the inhabitants of a British island who survived German occupation reads like a hidden piece of history, alternately moving and charming, but always memorable.
May 14th, 2008 · Though it may look like parsley, chervil is in a class all by itself. The spring herb with anise aromas is an obvious choice to accent other seasonal favorites such as salmon or trout, asparagus, new potatoes, baby carrots and salads of baby greens.
Apr 28th, 2008 · Students at Iowa City High School dug up a time capsule last weekend. Thirty years ago, students buried school papers, hall passes, knee socks and some Pringles potato chips. Jacob Yeates, who decided to try the chips, said they didn't taste too bad.