| Bills in Olympia tied to menu labeling
A state Senate committee is scheduled to hear a trio of bills Thursday that could impact the number of Washington restaurants required to share nutrition information with customers, or delay the program's Aug. 1 start date. Last summer, King County's health board voted to require all chain eateries with 10 or more outlets nationwide to specify the amount of calories, carbohydrates, fats and sodium within each item that stays on the menu for 60 days. By Aug. 1, affected restaurants must list the information in menus or on the menu board. Many restaurants object to the requirement, calling it cumbersome and expensive. Health groups, including the American Heart Association, support it as a means of battling the obesity epidemic, since folks eat out more frequently.
Chrysler offers $100,000 buyouts to UAW plant workers in Metro Detroit
All UAW-represented Chrysler LLC workers at Metro Detroit plants are expected to be offered buyouts and early retirement as the automaker works to eliminate the announced 8,500 to 10,000 hourly jobs. Workers at eight area factories, including Sterling Heights Assembly, received offers today, said Chrysler spokeswoman Michele Tinson. Employees at Chrysler's Jefferson North plant in Detroit already have received paperwork and are deciding whether or not to accept the packages. Offers have not yet been extended to employees at Warren Truck because the plant is on temporary shutdown this week. .
Click on this chocolate cake recipe
An old-fashioned chocolate cake, first published in Gourmet magazine, has received more than 1,000 reviews, making it the site's most popular recipe. Double Chocolate Layer Cake Chef Ed Kasky used Callebaut semisweet chocolate for the cake and Guittard French-vanilla chocolate for the frosting, but any fine-quality semisweet chocolate will produce a wonderful result in either. Serves 12 to 14. Ingredients: For cake layers
3 ounces fine-quality semisweet chocolate such as Callebaut
1 1/2 cups hot brewed coffee
3 cups sugar
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch process)
2 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
3 large eggs
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups well-shaken buttermilk
3/4 teaspoon vanilla For ganache frosting
1 pound fine-quality semisweet chocolate such as Callebaut
1 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter Special equipment:
Two 10- by 2-inch round cake pans Preparation:
Make cake layers:
Preheat oven to 300° F and grease pans.
Hot Gadgets That Unleash Your Inner Geek
Teens top five wish list electronic gadget items are MP3, digital cameras, notebook/laptops, computers and any type of TV. Shopping expert Eva Yusa of Shoplocal.com said theres a lot more in the electronics category than in years past. Our whole culture is getting super, super gadget-happy, she said. Yusa said the hot video games are Guitar Hero III and RockBand games in which several people can play together in a band. Another great holiday gadget according to Yusa, is the "Slingbox." The device allows users to watch anything recorded or downloaded from a DVR, digital cable, satellite receiver or DVD player to be played remotely on a laptop or other device. The price ranges from $129.99 to $229.99. Dan Tynan, of Tynan Wood Omnimedia and contributing editor and Gadget Freak columnist at PC World magazine, said gaming, home theater systems and music gadgets are what sell.
October 2006 Archives
Sharon Stone is a little too old for slobbery public make-out sessions at bars, but that didn't stop her from swapping spit with Rick Fox, the ex-husband of Vanessa Williams. Brooke Shields loses cool points by hanging out with Katie Holmes over the weekend. .
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