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Wednesday, January 07, 2009
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The first cookbook to use standardized measurements in its recipes, The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, was published 110 years ago today. Edited by Fannie Farmer, the book became one of America's favorite cookbooks and was republished as The Fanny Farmer Cookbook. When a stroke kept her from attending college, Fannie Farmer began to cook at home. She entered the Boston Cooking School, eventually becoming the school's director and later founding her own school of cookery.
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"I certainly feel that the time is not far distant when a knowledge of the principles of diet will be an essential part of one's education. Then mankind will eat to live, be able to do better mental and physical work and disease will be less frequent." — Fannie Farmer
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Today in History:
- Galilean moons: Jupiter's moons were first observed by Galileo; Simon Marius, however, named them — Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, after the lovers of Zeus (1610)
- Marian Anderson: the contralto became the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera House (1955)
- Khmer Rouge: Pol Pot's regime was toppled when Vietnam took Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh (1979)
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Today's Birthdays:
- Millard Fillmore (1800-1874): 13th POTUS
- Adolph Zukor (1873-1976): film mogul; also, shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis (1906 [O.S.]-1975)
- Jean Pierre Rampal (1922-2000): virtuoso flautist; also, musicians Henry Allen (1908-1967), Kenny Loggins (61) and Marshall Chapman (60)
- William Peter Blatty (81): Oscar-winning screenwriter, The Exorcist; writer Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was also born on this date
- Nicolas Cage (45): Oscar winner for Leaving Las Vegas; other screen personalities born on this date include David Caruso (53), Katie Couric (52), and Liam Aiken and Camryn Grimes (both 19)
- Natalie Gulbis (26): the LPGA golfer who's also a swimsuit model
See previous Highlights.
For the past two weeks, we’ve read about Jadeacres and ThatwouldBme, self-declared WikiNeighbors who reside on their cozy, friendly farms in Ontario, Canada. This week we’ll bring it all together with a deeper look into how the relationship between the two Wikiholic Supervisors runs deeper than just the actual WikiAnswers website… It’s a WikiWorld full of neighborliness, t-shirts… and eggs.
In their own words, Jadeacres and ThatwouldBme share some highlights of their WikiWorld:.. Click here to read more
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A year of answers highlighted in the 2008 Year in Review.
December 23rd, 2008 . by LizCelebrity babies, a snowy Baghdad, Sarah Palin, Sex and the City: it’s been a weird, wonderful and at times, worrying, year. But as it comes to an end we can sit back and review what happened throughout 2008.
With the combined efforts of Answers.com and WikiAnswers content, the 2008 Year in Review has been officially released. If you remember last year’s edition, it covered the questions asked and answered throughout 2007.
This year, there’s a nice new twist: the 2008 Year in Review includes related reference topics and featured spotlights from each month, along with the list of Q&A.
