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...like the appeal of macaroni and cheese, don't you think? It's delicious and comforting. Or, in the case of my book, not that comforting. But it's one of those childhood tastes that you never entirely outgrow. Even though I would not give this book to a child, I've been trying to echo childhood, "sit around the campfire"-kind of thrills...
It’s an established cliché that throughout their four years in college the majority of students will subsist on instant Ramen noodles and peanut butter sandwiches. But a new cookbook sponsored by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals encourages undergraduates to channel their inner Julia Child. “PETA’s Vegan College Cookbook” offers a slew of recipes that reinvent basic survival items—such as the aforementioned instant pasta or peanut butter—in the form of quick-fix dishes appropriate for any meal...
...Chilean government has designed a particularly thoughtful program. The fellowships cover round-trip airfares, tuition, a monthly living allowance, insurance, and an additional yearly allowance for books and pertinent materials. The fellowship provides a monthly allowance for a spouse and for each child as well as for the costs of first moving to the Boston area. Most importantly, the Chilean government will also provide English-language training in Chile to prepare students for their study abroad. Bright, hard-working Chilean students from poorer families may lack sufficient competence in English; language instruction is designed to increase the likelihood of more...
...times, to the point that the games and their broadcasts seem self-aggrandizing and out of touch. Ultimately the games become a spectacle for television networks and other commercial interests to milk. A Southern Californian told me just last night how he cheered for the Yankees as a young child simply because they were in the most publicized games...
...National School Lunch Program, intended to prevent the return of Depression-era child malnourishment, allowed the government to buy surplus food from farmers and set minimum nutritional values for each meal. Its budget grew under Eisenhower and Nixon, but the Reagan Administration slashed it by nearly $1.5 billion - making up for the cuts by revising nutritional guidelines, reducing portion sizes and (infamously) attempting to categorize ketchup as a vegetable. (See nine kid foods to avoid...