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  • July 2008
    • Michelle Wins Bakeoff, But Who Cares?

      Michelle Wins Bakeoff, But Who Cares?

      (Newser) - In an age when pretty much nobody bakes anything, Laura Shapiro wonders in Gourmet , why do Americans still expect would-be First Ladies to whip out cookie recipes for the public’s pleasure? Shapiro looks at the recipes submitted by Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama for a Yankee contest—and gives Obama’s homey apple cobbler the decisive nod. More »

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      Obama 2008   McCain 2008   Michelle Obama   first lady   Cindy McCain   baking

  • April 2008
    • Margarine Shortage Stymies Passover Bakers

      Margarine Shortage Stymies Passover Bakers

      (Newser) - Jewish families are facing a culinary crisis: a shortage of margarine that’s kosher for Passover. The lack of available stick margarine in particular is frustrating cooks who bake confections that offset the holiday’s ban on leavening, the Wall Street Journal reports. "There are so few really tasty things at Passover that when you find a great recipe and you can't find an ingredient, you despair," says one frustrated baker. More »

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      religion   Jewish   Passover   kosher   margarine   baking

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