| Put high-fat ice cream on menu if baby-making
Women hoping to get pregnant might consider swapping low-fat yogurt for vanilla fudge ripple ice cream, a new study suggests. Harvard School of Public Health researchers who followed 18,555 healthy, married women without a history of infertility, found that those who consumed more low-fat dairy foods, especially yogurt, sherbet and frozen yogurt, were 85 per cent more likely than women who ate high-fat dairy foods -- notably ice cream and whole milk -- to experience anovulatory infertility, a common cause of female infertility in which women don't ovulate properly. American dietary guidelines recommend adults consume three or more servings a day of low-fat milk or equivalent diary products -- "a strategy that may be deleterious for women planning to become pregnant," the researchers report today in Human Reproduction, a European journal.
New Wellness(R) Complete Health Natural Food for Cats Takes on ...
CHELMSFORD, Mass., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Did you know that urinary tract problems are the most common feline health concern reported by cat owners? To combat this growing issue, the Wellness(R) brand of natural food and treats for pets now offers cats and their loving owners a specialized solution with Wellness Complete Health -- part of its new Wellness Dietary Solutions feline dry nutrition line that has been designed with cat health and wellness in mind. A condition predominantly afflicting cats in their young adult to middle- aged years, and occurring more frequently in males than females, urinary tract concerns are the leading cause cats are brought to veterinarians (AVMA, 2005). Through constant in-depth research, Wellness has produced Wellness Complete Health advanced dry cat formula to not only meet the rigorous freshness and natural-ingredient standards of all Wellness recipes, but also help maintain urinary tract health.
Business Glance
Business software maker Oracle Corp. will buy Hyperion Solutions Corp. for $3.3 billion in cash, renewing a shopping spree aimed at toppling rival SAP AG.
The deal announced Thursday will give Oracle an arsenal of Hyperion products that are widely used by SAP's customers. Hyperion's tools, known as ''business intelligence'' software, help chief financial officers and other top corporate executives track their company's performance.
Hyperion represents the largest prey to be devoured by Oracle since it gobbled up Siebel Systems Inc. for $6.1 billion a little over a year ago.
Oracle will pay $52 per share for Hyperion. The price represents a 21 percent premium above the most recent closing price of Hyperion's stock, which has traded between $26.65 and $45.18 during the past year.
Strawberry semifreddo
Process the strawberries, icing sugar and lemon juice in a food processor until smooth, then press through a sieve to remove the seeds. Whip the cream until it's thick, but still able to drop off a spoon. Fold the strawberry mixture into the cream. Pour the mixture into a shallow container and freeze until frozen at the edges. Remove from freezer and beat with an electric beater. Return to the container and re-freeze. Repeat 2 or 3 times. (Alternatively use an ice-cream machine following manufacturer's directions.) .
Cook more, take out less, chef's book advocates
``Kitchen Sense'' (Clarkson Potter, 528 pp., $35), his newest cookbook, is aimed at getting a generation of food-obsessed takeout junkies into the kitchen to create their own meals. It's an enthusiastic blend of cooking tips, food lore and recipes for everything from hard-boiled eggs to duck prosciutto -- all presented in terms that even novices who don't know the difference between a skillet and a wok can understand. A trained chef and vice president and director of communications for the James Beard Foundation in New York, Davis recognizes that many Americans have developed more sophisticated tastes than their parents ever imagined. They eat out frequently and can discuss the differences in Chinese regional cuisines or the influence of experimental Spanish chefs on American menus.
Checkers fast food chain distibutes take-out bags designed as ...
TAMPA, Fla. - Animal control authorities are not amused by a fast food chain's marketing stunt encouraging customers to dress their cats in a special take out bag.
Tampa-based Checkers Drive-in Restaurants Inc. is distributing "Rapcat" bags designed with cutaway areas for the cat's legs and tail. The cat's head sticks out the opening of the bag, which is designed to look like a basketball jersey and gold chain worn by the hip-hop Rapcat puppet in Checkers commercials.
A Hillsborough County Animal Services news release on Monday said forcing a real, unwilling cat into a "Rapcat" bag could be considered felony animal cruelty. The bag's warning - "not all cats will be down with wearing this bag. Do not harm or endanger any cat" - is not enough, the agency said.
"We have no ill will toward Checkers or Rapcat as a character," said animal services spokeswoman Marti Ryan.
Strawberry semifreddo
Process the strawberries, icing sugar and lemon juice in a food processor until smooth, then press through a sieve to remove the seeds. Whip the cream until it's thick, but still able to drop off a spoon. Fold the strawberry mixture into the cream. Pour the mixture into a shallow container and freeze until frozen at the edges. Remove from freezer and beat with an electric beater. Return to the container and re-freeze. Repeat 2 or 3 times. (Alternatively use an ice-cream machine following manufacturer's directions.) .
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