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.
JBS Swift Beef Co. expands beef recall JBS Swift Beef Co. expands beef recall GREELEY, Colo. (AP)--JBS Swift Beef Co., of Greeley, Colo., is voluntarily expanding its beef recall to include about 380,000 pounds of products because of possible E. coli contamination. A recall in late June involved about 41,000 pounds of products. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said June 28 that all the beef products in the expanded recall were produced April 21 and are in boxes bearing "EST.
Family business harmony Family business harmony There are a number of good expressions of family business harmony. And one I especially like draws from our agricultural heritage here in the High Plains. That is--"pulling together," referencing the importance of all horses in a hitch essentially doing the same thing, in the same direction, in the same way and at the same time.
Tarleton students learn through service to others Tarleton students learn through service to others Texas The smell of wood shavings and sounds of animals are two things only experienced at a livestock show. From early morning feedings to show day preparation, it takes dedication and desire to be successful.
Corn Growers: New documentary attacks farming, would boost food costs Corn Growers: New documentary attacks farming, would boost food costs National Corn Growers Association President Bob Dickey released the following statement June 10 on the new documentary, Food Inc. "U.S. corn farmers are proud of their work. Each season, we battle the elements to plant, grow and harvest a crop that is the world's wonder, a crop that is used safely for countless products, from food to fuel to fiber.
Weld County Extension announces appointment of Master Gardener Program Coordinator Weld County Extension announces appointment of Master Gardener Program Coordinator Colorado Jane Rozum has been named coordinator of the Colorado State University Master Gardener program-Weld County effective June 2. Rozum has been a Master Gardener for more than 16 years.
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