Pre-seasoned cast iron construction. Great for heating and serving meats. Handsome red-stained routed wooden underliner. Oven mitt and recipe card included. 15-inch wide platter great for cooking and serving. The Lodge LJSCP3 12 X 15 in. Jumbo Chefs Platter makes preparing and serving large cuts of meat simple and cleanly. This cast iron platter is large enough to accommodate most normal-sized dishes, and features a recessed bottom to help prevent spills and retain juices and drippings. The platter is pre-seasoned with natural soybean oils and requires little care. Not dishwasher safe - wash with warm water and a stiff brush to keep clean. About Lodge Cast IronThe oldest family-owned cookware foundry in America, Lodge Cast Iron was founded by Joseph Lodge in 1896. Located in South Pittsburg, Tenn, alongside the Cumberland Plateau of the Appalachian Mountains, Lodge is a family-operated business producing an extensive selection of quality cast iron goods, including Dutch ovens, the largest selection of cast iron skillets on the market, deep fryers, country kettles, and more. The legendary cooking performance of Lodge Cast Iron cookware keeps it on the list of kitchen essentials for great chefs and home kitchens alike. After more than 112 years in the business, Lodge cast iron cookware made generations ago is still in the kitchens of fourth generation cooks - proof that Lodge cast iron products can last more than a lifetime.

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The biggest and best! This French phrasebook contains more than TWICE AS MANY phrases and terms as any other French e-phrasebook: 9,076 phrases 14,552 terms 10,724 individual words It gives you a treasure chest of vocabulary and conversation for: enjoying tourism. coping with all kinds of everyday situations. dealing with emergencies getting acquainted. making friends. carrying on simple conversations. pursuing romance. participating in and watching sports such as basketball, soccer, team handball, skiing, ice skating, snowboarding, tobogganing, skateboarding, scuba diving, swimming, mountain climbing, equestrian sport, golf, tennis, track & field, skydiving, paragliding, surfing, windsurfing, boating, kayaking, boxing, wrestling, birdwatching, fishing, hunting, archery, paintball, ice hockey, field hockey and many others. Includes a HUGE French-English glossary of food and drink. PLUS: 9 other appendices: French alphabet and pronunciation French grammar Numbers Clock time Calendar time Metric measurements Common adult heights Common adult weights Common French signs and labels And it's easy and quick to find what you're looking for. No confusing categories. To find a phrase or term, just go the main word that it contains, which is alphabetized as in a dictionary.

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FOOD FOR REFLECTIONLife is a constant struggle for all that dwell on earth. The rich has its form of worries -perhaps how to generate more money, while the poor stays weary on how to make ends meet. It seems as though the more hurdles we cross, the more that awaits us, and no matter how hard we may try, we always fall short of our expectations. What do we do then? Do we fold our tents and call it quits, crumble in the face of adversity or do we hide our face in disgrace hoping that our problems will fade away with time? No, it won't. Only the weak throws in the towel when the going gets rough, but the determined will always find a way to beat life traffics."Treasures of the mind" is an inspirational guide tailored at helping you the reader deal with life challenges the best you can. This must have 365 daily insightful book is written with you in mind and as you embrace each day unknown with doubts and uncertainty, I hope you will treasure every moment at your disposal to live your life to the fullest and to find meanings in your existence.

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The book deals with the relationship of the citizen with his (her) government. Concentrates on those aspects that are troublesome, as indicated by the citizens' opinions and complaints, and on those that are critical for the improvement and stability of society. These include: Family structure, education, productivity and innovation, designation of people for public office, political parties, the military, the Constitution and the citizen. Most opportunities for government improvement are associated with the clear definition of its responsibilities, the introduction of new ways to choose candidates for public office and their removal when deemed necessary, and to organize the common citizens, to take advantage of collective intelligence. This last action is now possible by the use of modern communication technologies. Details on the introduction of these actions are presented throughout the book. They are meant to be food for thought, subjects of discussion and, hopefully, as stimulus for political action. The book is dedicated to the common citizen, who is invited to learn and analyze his particular government, to compare it with those of other nations and to use his basic political power to fix whatever needs fixing. It could be useful for students interested in what to look for in their analysis of government and its effects on the society it serves.

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In many Western diets, the role of plants has been reduced in favour of more animal-based products and this is now being cited more widely as being the cause of increases in the incidence of diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. This important book covers the biochemistry and nutritional importance of a wide range of phytonutrients, including all the major macronutrients as well as the micronutrients and 'non-essential' nutrients. Phytonutrients is divided into three parts. The first deals with the role of plants in the human diet. Part II, representing the major part of the book covers in turn each of the major phytonutrient groups. Chapters include: non-lipid micronutrients, lipids and steroids, carotenoids, phenolics, vitamins C, E, folate/vitamin B12, phytoestrogens, other phytonutrients and minerals, and anti-nutritional factors. The final part of the book covers the methods used to manipulate levels of phytonutrients in the diet, such as fortification, supplementation and the use of genetically modified plants. Phytonutrients is an essential purchase for nutritionists, food scientists and plant biochemists, particularly those dealing with nutrients from plants, and their use in the human diet.

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The Everything Pregnancy Nutrition Book helps you break down all that confusing information about prenatal vitamins, calorie counting, and smart food shopping. From getting healthy before conceiving to staying fit through each stage of pregnancy, you can shape your eating and exercise habits to contribute positively to your well-being-and ultimately, your baby's. The Everything Pregnancy Nutrition Book helps you design a well-balanced diet that's right for you and your baby, whether you're a teenage mother-to-be, an older expecting mom, or somewhere in between. With this engaging and enlightening book at your side, you can: Get the real deal on controversial foods such as fish, tea, wine, and cheese Avoid harmful food additives and over-the-counter medications Make informed decisions in the supermarket and kitchen Indulge some cravings - and beat others Learn the best ways to cope with the discomforts of pregnancy Assess which vitamins and minerals are most important during each trimesterand more Complete with tips on prenatal care for your baby and methods for regaining your pre-baby figure, The Everything Pregnancy Nutrition Book is your complete resource for planning a healthy pregnancy from beginning to end!

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If you have any type of family you already know that best laid plans go awry. Whether we call them Murphy's Laws or by some other name, we just don't always get what we hope for. In A Made Bed is More Fun to Jump On and Other Family Laws, best-selling author Rick Walton cleverly explores the crazy truths of family life, whether we're dealing with babies, toddlers, teenagers, bedtime, playtime, food and more. Funny, clever, and poignantly honest, this book is perfect for those parents who while doing their best just can't quite fend off the notorious "Murphy"!

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Mmmmh…wie das duftet!" Wenn das kein guter Deal ist: gleich 100 Fleisch-Rezepte und das dann noch mit dem Dr. Oetker-Rundum-Sicherheits-Gefühl, denn alle Rezepte sind mit ca. 85 Fotos ausführlich dargestellt, verständlich geschrieben und verlässlich getestet. Fleisch gelingt im Ofen ohne Probleme - probieren Sie es doch gleich mal aus! Alle Geschmacksrichtungen finden Sie zusammengefasst in der Printversion 1000 Ofengerichte"- dieses Kapitel ist eines von zehn Auszügen.

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Book Summary Dreams, Imagination, & Destiny, A Poetic Journey, is a far-reaching anthology of poetic thought. Lisa Moreno takes her readers on an odyssey through many poetic paradigms. Her first section, Thought Provoking, takes the reader through poetic waters that challenges the reader to think about the world of fantastic possibilities. From Mental Highway to Undisclosed Invasion, you will be held in deep thought and suspense. Her second section, Beyond Space and Time, is simply that. You'll be in a time machine going back to the beginning or continuum of eternity through poetic doorways. You'll go into the farthest reaches of space where time is of no consequence. Timing's Will and Eternity's Door are poems that will ask the reader to stop and ponder concepts generally perceived as beyond scope. What's a book of poetry without a little Humor & Farce? There's a laugh tucked away in each of the poems presented in this section. I'm Still a Size 6 and Smooth and Shiny are two poems that many people can relate to. These poems are intended to have us all laugh at our own distortions and illusions. Primal Instinct is a section that moves the reader into the jungle of sensual cravings. Humanity has animalistic elements to its makeup and enjoys natural hungers. You'll move through the corridors of temptation, lust, and bodily greed. Naked Thirst and Rapture are two poems that will parch the mouth. The next section, Inner Knowing, sweeps you into a vortex of your primordial self and ushers visions of angels and shadows. Proud Tree of Life, Journey and Dancing Angels are just a few of the poems that are food for thought in this section. The Spirit Within, mixes inner convictions and the spirit world. The Source of Life, Your Wish Come True, and Tired of it All play to the inner spirit. Last, but not least, is the section entitled Dissolving Walls. Poignant poetry dealing with racism, bigotry, and poverty are dealt with here. "We, way too often, ignore the lost, downtrodden

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2010Global warming, an earth killer asteroid, World War III, or even a great plague, but no one expected the total collapse of the world's economy, or that it would be the mechanism for the decline of the world's civilizations. Bank closings soon became epidemic. The ones that did not initially close stopped lending. Without capital, businesses failed and unemployment soared. The world's governments continued printing money trying to keep their economies afloat, but in the end, their currencies lost all value. Finally, precious metals and gems became worthless. Only things that people could eat, drink, or wear had value. Hoarding food became essential and salt became the currency for trade. The Decline, at its beginning, spread from city to city unnoticed. One city service stopped and then another until eventually water and electricity failed and firefighters, police, and hospitals stopped responding. Once the violence began, it could not be stopped. Industrial civilizations of the world have declined to a version of Europe's dark ages. Basic education survives, but higher learning, especially the sciences, is lost to the senseless violence after The Decline. Yet, for some there remains a belief that a new renaissance will emerge from the world's lost knowledge. It lies dormant; waiting.2050Young Josh Duncan leaves his family to fulfill his childhood dream of seeing the Pacific Ocean. Traveling west from Denver, he stops at Green River to trade for salt and encounters man's inhumanity to man. Helping his new friends deal with Blackburn, and The-man-with-no-name transforms him from a helpful, easy-going youth to a hardened, fast acting man capable of killing without remorse.

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As we struggle to feed a global population speeding toward 9 billion, we have entered a new phase of the food crisis. Wealthy countries that import much of their food, along with private investors, are racing to buy or lease huge swaths of farmland abroad. The Global Farms Race is the first book to examine this burgeoning trend in all its complexity, considering the implications for investors, host countries, and the world as a whole. The debate over large-scale land acquisition is typically polarized, with critics lambasting it as a form of "neocolonialism," and proponents lauding it as an elixir for the poor yields, inefficient technology, and unemployment plaguing global agriculture. The Global Farms Race instead offers diverse perspectives, featuring contributions from agricultural investment consultants, farmers' organizations, international NGOs, and academics. The book addresses historical context, environmental impacts, and social effects, and covers all the major geographic areas of investment. Nearly 230 million hectares of farmland-an area equivalent to the size of Western Europe-have been sold or leased since 2001, with most of these transactions occurring since 2008. As the deals continue to increase, it is imperative for anyone concerned with food security to understand them and their consequences. The Global Farms Race is a critical resource to develop that understanding.

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Choose from available flavor options. For use with Bradley smoker. 48 bisquettes produce 16 hours of burn time. Chippings produce continuous smoke at consistent temperature. Can be used for any meat. The secret to the Bradley Smoker is the Bradley Bisquettes - 48 Pack. To produce the bisquettes, the hardwood chippings are bound together using precise quantities, at controlled pressures and densities from chippings of the natural hardwoods and fruitwoods. The flavor of the smoke is determined by the variety of wood being burned. By this method, their burning behavior remains consistent and predictable. Furthermore, by limiting the combustion time to 20 minutes for each bisquette, on top of the electrically heated element, the chippings produce clean continuous smoke at a consistent temperature. These two factors eliminate the guesswork and uncertainty from smoking food, giving you perfect results every time you smoke. The Bradley Smoker, which uses these bisquettes, is fully automatic, burning and dispensing one bisquette ever 20 minutes. At a rate of 3 bisquettes per hour, the smoker has a capacity for 8 hours of unsupervised operation. The only hard thing about it is choosing a smoke flavor! Choose from a variety of flavors! Alder has a distinct, rich flavor that is perfect for seafood, ham or bacon. Mesquite and Hickory have strong flavors usually used for beef or pork. Apple is sweeter and milder, and is ideal for poultry and wild game. About Bradley SmokersBradley invites you to the wonderful world of gourmet food smoking. An exciting adventure awaits you, filled with a realm of endless possibilities for delicious food that will have you coming back for more time and time again. Bradley has has been making food smokers for the restaurant and hotel industry for well over a decade. Many of the finest hotels and restaurants around the world smoke their own foods using Bradley Smokers. Bradley Smokers are engineered to control the smoke in order to produce consistent results, all in a hassle-free design that doesn't demand constant attention. This endeavor led to the development of Bradley Flavor Bisquettes, which provide you with a simple way to add rich and savory flavors to your food, either on your BBQ grill or using your Bradley Smoker.

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Molds & Specialty Bakeware - Bake light and perfectly round French macaroons in less time with the Lekue Macaroon Kit. The easy-to-use macaroon making kit includes a special silicone macaroon baking sheet, Decomax decorating pen and recipe booklet. The platinum silicone baking sheet includes marks and edges to ensure uniform size and shape. Ergonomic Lekue macaroon kit decorating pen design helps reduce hand fatigue. Dishwasher-safe.A leading worldwide food-safe silicone company, Lekue offers healthy cooking solutions for the day-to-day kitchen. The Lekue silicone steam cooking collection has earned a number of prestigious international design awards. Set Includes: Silicone macaroon baking sheet Decomax decorating pen Recipe booklet Product Features Evenly bake uniform-shaped French macaroons in less time Set includes special silicone macaroon baking sheet, Decomax pen and recipe booklet Platinum silicone baking sheet includes marks and edges for uniform size and shape Platinum (white gold) silicone's unique - Specifications Made in Spain Material: food-safe platinum silicone, ABS plastic Model: 3000001SURM017 Use and Care Lekue platinum silicone is dishwasher-safe or hand wash in warm, soapy water and rinse thoroughly.

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Cast iron construction. Perfect for sandwiches, tortillas and more. Great for kitchen or camping use. Matte black enamel surface. 8.25-inch square Panini press. The Lodge LPP3 8.25 in. Black Square Panini Press is a simple addition to your kitchen that adds a variety of options to your meal plans. This simple piece allows you to recreate that indefinable Panini experience in your own home. Its ribbed surface and weight help keep your fixings in the sandwich without smashing it. Lightweight, this piece is ideal for camping and grill-outs, bringing a touch of the gourmet to any setting. Not dishwasher safe - wash with warm water and a stiff brush to keep clean. About Lodge Cast IronThe oldest family-owned cookware foundry in America, Lodge Cast Iron was founded by Joseph Lodge in 1896. Located in South Pittsburg, Tenn, alongside the Cumberland Plateau of the Appalachian Mountains, Lodge is a family-operated business producing an extensive selection of quality cast iron goods, including Dutch ovens, the largest selection of cast iron skillets on the market, deep fryers, country kettles, and more. The legendary cooking performance of Lodge Cast Iron cookware keeps it on the list of kitchen essentials for great chefs and home kitchens alike. After more than 112 years in the business, Lodge cast iron cookware made generations ago is still in the kitchens of fourth generation cooks - proof that Lodge cast iron products can last more than a lifetime.

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Home blender with professional power. 3 pre-set speeds with variable speed option. Stainless steel blades and exterior housing. Walk-away control for efficient prep. Included recipe book helps you get the most from your mixer. Using the word emulsify in conversation can be pretty impressive, but imagine how impressed your family and friends will be when you break out the Vita Mix 1710 Pro Series 500 Blender and slowly drizzle in a little olive oil to emulsify your own salad dressings. With the variable speed control and powerful motor, all the tricks of top chefs are available on your own countertop. Pre-set and variable power levels let you chop, mix and blend with the best of them, while the hardened blades of stainless steel and a shatter-resistant container safely contain and work the product. Cleanup is easy, allowing you to break open the included recipe book so you can get started all over again. About VitamixA four-generation family business, Vitamix remains more dedicated than ever to helping its customers prepare healthy natural foods quickly, conveniently, and with delicious results. Today the family tradition of continual innovation is still going strong, and every machine is still built by hand in the USA. Through listening to its customers, Vitamix has ensured that its renowned products remain the most reliable blenders in the world. In the 1940s, Vitamix's president would speak with customers on the phone to help them knead bread dough in their Vitamix machines. In 1969, Vitamix responded to customer requests by introducing the first blender that could grind grain, handle hot soups, and blend ice cream. Today, gourmet restaurants and home cooks around the world depend on Vitamix machines to create foods that delight the soul and heal the body.

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Make everything from a savory herbed quinoa side dish to homemade macaroni and havarti cheese with the versatile Anolon Advanced Hard-Anodized Nonstick 2-Quart Covered Saucepan. It's designed with heavy-duty, hard-anodized construction to provide even heat distribution for exceptional cooking performance. Restaurant-tested DuPont's durable Autograph 2 nonstick surface inside and out is ideal for easy cleanup, PFOA-free, and metal utensil safe, and it delivers superior durability. The saucepan's revolutionary rubberized stainless steel Anolon SureGrip handle provides a confident yet soft grasp when pouring noodles into a colander or a sauce into a serving dish. The comfortable handle is also dual riveted for extra strength and oven safe to 400 F. The break-resistant domed glass lid allows foods like brown rice to be monitored while cooking without losing heat or moisture. This saucepan also makes the perfect beginning for or addition to a home chef's complete Anolon Advanced collection. Prepare favorite dishes with professional-level performance and locally sourced ingredients in the Anolon Advanced Hard-Anodized Nonstick 2-Quart Covered Saucepan. Anolon Advanced cookware offers a sophisticated professional look that will complement every kitchen.

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Edward Synge wrote 221 letters to Alicia, his daughter, betweeen May and October of 1746 to 1752. He was an adoring though not uncritical father, advising, gossiping and instructing her from his country estate. Synge was a wealthy man and Alicia a considerable heiress; his concern about her need to marry well and her motherless condition is a running, if tacit, theme of the letters. While writing of his life in the diocese, he counsels Alicia on her conduct and mode of life in Dublin; deals with manners and reading matter; with food (how to make good bread) and drink; discusses the false modesty of women and menstruation. He advises her about how to talk to doctors and on matters of taste, house-building and decoration; instructs her on methods of dealing with Dublin tradesmen, the upkeep of his garden and the correct way to plant a border. Throughout this correspondence he describes his Roscommon neighbours and life in the Irish provinces in fascinating detail. These vivid, wide-ranging and sympathetic letters from father to daughter open a window onto social and domestic life in the mid-eighteenth century, revealing lost worlds with the illumination of a Vermeer or a Montaillou. Immediate and richly detailed they constitute a major new source for the history of eighteenth-century Ireland and - in a great age of letter-writing - form an exciting contribution to that most intimate of genres. The letters are fully annotated and accompanied by a biographical register, maps, index, bibliography, and appendix on Synge property and wealth. They will delight the scholar and general reader alike. 'Here, suddenly I felt, was the most extraordinarily revealing and sympathetic historic document that I had encountered in 25 years of research. I reached the end of the correspondence with the feeling that I had entered and understood a culture in the same way as if I had read one of the best epistolatory novels on the 18th century. thanks to the high and calculated litera

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In this issue I have added more information to help with the task of living off grid, keeping up moral with body care and cleaning ideas. along with how to make an outhouse less uncomfortable. Of course I still touched on food, water and safety around lakes, rivers and even the ocean. Since sit is summer being out with nature or while bugging out you could find yourself having to deal with crossing bodies of water. The next issue will cover a lot more on herbal remedies and first aid.

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Five years ago Jane Stern was a walking encyclopedia of panic attacks, depression, and hypochondria. Her marriage of more than thirty years was suffering, and she was virtually immobilized by fear and anxiety. As the daughter of parents who both died before she was thirty, Stern was terrified of illness and death, and despite the fact that her acclaimed career as a food and travel writer required her to spend a great deal of time on airplanes, she suffered from a persistent fear of flying and severe claustrophobia. But a strange thing happened one day on a plane that was grounded at the Minneapolis airport for six horrible, foodless, airless hours. A young man on a trip with his classmates suddenly became dizzy and pale because he hadn't eaten in many hours, and there was no food left on the plane. Without thinking about it, Jane gave him the candy bar that she had in her purse. A short time later the color had returned to his cheeks, the boy was laughing again with his friends, and Jane realized that this one small act of kindness-helping another person who was suffering-had provided her with comfort and a sense of well-being. It was shortly thereafter that this fifty-two-year-old writer decided to become an emergency medical technician, eventually coming to be known as Ambulance Girl. Stern tells her story with great humor and poignancy, creating a wonderful portrait of a middle-aged, Woody Allen-ish woman who was "deeply and neurotically terrified of sick and dead people," but who went out into the world to save other people's lives as a way of saving her own. Her story begins with the boot camp of EMT training: 140 hours at the hands of a dour ex-marine who took delight in presenting a veritable parade of amputations, hideous deformities, and gross disasters. Jane-overweight and badly out of shape-had to surmount physical challenges like carrying a 250-pound man seated in a chair down a dark flight of stairs. After class she did rounds in the emergency room of a

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The book deals with poverty as one of the most serious and urgent issue in our modern time. Partly because Poverty is the essence of all other social illnesses and partly because of its direct influence over human security system in a world accelerating towards global and international common human rights values. The book addresses the current poverty reduction plans that proved to be inefficient and controversial, these plans made poor nations in their attempt to escape poverty net, they find themselves trapped in a well woven poverty net and became more dependent than ever in their everyday food and human needs. All the known institutions like the WB, IMF, Development Banks as well as aid organs worked under the Washington Consensus ready-made recipe in granting their preconditioned aid, let alone some subvention measurement protected by local legislative system in rich and donating nations. Poverty becomes a threat to the economic development in rich nations as well and for the time being a security one. The book will explain and reason the way poverty is developing in the world and suggest some solutions and compromises needed to solve this issue.

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