Tubby takes the cake From DetNews.com Minnesota never trailed, led by 22 late in the second half, had four players score in double figures, dominated the point and forced 17 turnovers in a 77-65 rout Thursday. When some inside play subsided, Minnesota's Lawrence McKenzie and Lawrence Westbrook controlled tempo off turnovers and found an outside touch en route to 18 and 15 points, respectively. One of his team's worst moments came early as DeShawn Sims had the ball ripped from his hands on two straight possessions and saw the...

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Bird flu scare sweetens egg-free cake mix sales From Economic Times The company's egg-free cake mix is in great demand among bakers in the country with consumers unwilling to take any risk even with sweets. "On an average, there has been almost 150% increase in the sales of egg-free cake mixes of the company during this month," Binu Varghese, director marketing and business development, South and West Asia, said. The egg-free cake mixes along with sugar-free products were introduced recently by the company. Focaccia bread mix and cholesterol-free bread...

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Slashfood Bowl: Boston's cake creams New York's cheese From www.slashfood.com Though it's called "pie," the Boston Cream Pie is actually a layer cake filled with pastry cream and covered with a chocolate ganache. Why it's called a pie, we can't be sure, but reliable sources (and by "reliable" I mean I googled it) say that it was likely because pie tins were more readily available than cake pans to bake the cake layers.

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Icing on January cake From Peoria Journal Star PEORIA - The Peoria Rivermen cruised over another North Division speed bump Thursday and set themselves on a collision course for a West Division showdown tonight. Martin Kariya scored two goals and notched an assist, linemate Julian Talbot scored a goal and notched two assists and linemate Charles Linglet had three assists to give Peoria its 13th win in 15 games. "I needed this bad," said Rivermen goaltender Marek Schwarz, who won a home game for the first time since beating Rockford on...

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King Cake in Baltimore From www.chowhound.com/boards/14 Mardi Gras just wouldn't be the same without it, and I'd rather get it local if I can, than pay to have it shipped from New Orleans. New Products Online brings us the debut of Pretested Saladizer Max Gum. This Valentine's Day, New Yorkers can express their love with pricey... Slate pursues and debunks the recent New York Times piece on...

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