Get ready for our next Down Country Road's cookbook. Yes we're going to have a contest to award the best chefs (you get to vote too). We'll give you all the details a little later. Great things are coming to our lifestyle recipe section. Right now we need you to start showing us your best.
Starting Jan. 26, you've got a whole new reason--and a whole new season--to celebrate. It's the start of the 15-day Chinese New Year festival and the first day of lunar year 4707, the Year of the Ox.
Chinese New Year is all about spectacle, from the fireworks and dancing dragons to the fabulous food. That's why it's a holiday anyone can enjoy and a perfect time to host a party with a surefire theme and plenty of crowd-pleasing surprises.
Star and Stripes adorn Old Glory.
She stands high above and waves
over patriots still living
and heroes in their graves.
A fun page for kids with Smart Stuff from Twig Walkingstick and an assortment of puzzles, jokes and fun facts.
An Oklahoma secretLined with lovely old buildings on bricked streets and exuding small town friendliness, Pauls Valley, Okla., is a charming place with some of the state's most interesting shops.
Catwalk-worthy coveralls
Right about the time of the first snowfall, every winter, my mom would decide that Dad's coveralls were too worn to last one more season.
National 4-H Month focuses on youth contribution to community National 4-H Month focuses on youth contribution to community Oklahoma In the last few months, Oklahoma County 4-H members have been a little more than just "busy." Not only have they helped build homes for needy Oklahomans, aided local food banks in stocking up on food, gathered up cold weather gear for kids who needed them, planted gardens at the Ronald McDonald House, and entertained at nursing homes, they have also been hard at work on their own projects and goals.
4-H cookies of appreciation go to 700 peace officers 4-H cookies of appreciation go to 700 peace officers Texas The chief of police of Brownsville said he's still amazed and humbled by what happened Oct. 10, the day officially known as One Day 4-H. One Day 4-H was the Texas observance of national 4-H Week.
Taiwan's Ma seeks to calm uproar over U.S. beef Taiwan's Ma seeks to calm uproar over U.S. beef TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP)--Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou moved Oct. 29 to ease a political storm over the government's decision to lift a ban on certain U.S. beef imports, saying adequate safeguards are in place to guard against bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Ma made the comments after more than 100 people protested outside the Cabinet building against the mid-October decision to remove the six-year-old ban on bone-in beef, minced beef and offal...
Program offers tips on turning a home recipe into a business Program offers tips on turning a home recipe into a business Have you ever thought of starting a food business? Do you have a favorite family recipe you would like to bring to the marketplace? Are you a producer considering adding value to an agricultural product, or maybe you're a restaurateur or chef exploring the marketing of a house specialty.
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