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Rock 'N' Roll has never excelled at math. "Two plus two always makes a five," says Radiohead, while Bono famously counts, "Uno, dos, tres, catorce." So why expect better from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Founded in 1983, the Hall celebrated its 25th anniversary in October 2009 with two all-star concerts at Madison Square Garden. An edited version will be televised on HBO on Nov. 29. Cutting shouldn't be a challenge...
...study contestants' knife skills every week would choose to order from a giant company that's been delivering frozen food to rural America for 57 years doesn't surprise Harry Balzer, who tracks food trends for the market-research firm NPD Group. "You're going to eat four to five times today, and the one thing I know you're going to do is try to get someone else to prepare those meals," he says, noting that after two decades of no growth, microwave use has gone up 20% during the past three years...
...French culinary legend] Joël Robuchon and then put out some frozen dinners?" asks Wong, who has just finished her fifth season as a culinary producer on the show. Her honesty about Bravo's branding deal may have something to do with the fact that neither she nor the five other Top Chef contestants whose recipes and faces are being used by Schwan's are getting paid for them. As for how the meals taste, she says, "They're not bad. Of course, mine was better, and the vegetables weren't overcooked...
...ordered all five of Schwan's Top Chef meals--which cost $10 to $12 each--and invited my friend Jonathan Karsh, a reality-show producer and an excellent home cook, to try them. The first thing we noticed was how right Balzer was about the way we embrace prepared meals. Several times I said I had better "start cooking" when I meant "start microwaving." I was able to open the boxes with a knife from the Top Chef cutlery set the show sent me and pair the food with a Top Chef--branded Quickfire cabernet sauvignon (which was surprisingly good...
...chain implemented a voluntary wellness plan. Employees who take and pass tests for such things as blood pressure and cholesterol levels can reduce their annual insurance premiums by nearly $800. The company credits the plan with keeping its insurance costs flat on a per capita basis for the past five years...