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Lots of food, lots of cooks.

From my travels in New Zealand. This is Mount Cook / Aoraki National Park on the South Island in New Zealand.

January 2012.

Cook books leaning at all angles in our pantry, taken for the challenge 'crooked'.

**NOTE: The crust on this particular pizza *isn't* burnt, it's a whole wheat crust :)

So, I know the ingredients to this pizza sound totally weird, but it's REALLY tasty... and more spicy than sweet.

Ingredients:

1 med sweet potato

1 med red onion

6 oz kielbasa

1 tbs olive oil

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

Honey Dijon Mustard

Sharp Cheddar

Mozzarella

Pre-made Pizza Crust

Cornmeal

Prep:

•Slice Sweet potato and Red onion SUPER thin.

•Cut Kielbasa into pizza size chunks.

•Mix Olive Oil, Pepper, Salt, Sweet Potato, Onion, Kielbasa and some of both cheeses in large bowl.

•Put cornmeal down on pizza pan (if you don't have cornmeal, you can use a non-stick spray)

•Put crust on pizza pan

•Put Honey Dijon Mustard on crust (leave about 1 inch border from edge)... use your own judgement, but I find a little dijon goes a long way!

•Put down a layer of cheese (I use a mix of mozzarella and sharp cheddar, but you can use whatever you want... and I just put down as much as I think looks tasty)

•Pile on the topping mix (don't layer it too thick, but make sure you get enough toppings on to your liking)

Baking:

Bake for 25 minutes @ 425 F

Cook's Coaches, Westfield, acquired Bedford YMT Plaxton Supreme IV DOU 516W from Hamblys, Pelynt, Cornwall, in 1996 as replacement for a damaged coach and unusually operated it in its former owner's colours. It had been new to Bluebird, Marshfield, and was seen in St. Leonards-on-Sea on 25th July, 1996.

The Captain James Cook Memorial was built by the Commonwealth Government to commemorate the Bicentenary of Captain James Cook's first sighting of the east coast of Australia. The memorial includes a water jet located in the central basin and a skeleton globe sculpture at Regatta Point of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, showing the paths of Cook's expeditions. On 25 April 1970, Queen Elizabeth II officially inaugurated the memorial.

The water jet is driven by two 4-stage centrifugal pumps capable of pumping up to 250 litres per second against a head of 183 metres. The water velocity at the water nozzle is 260 km/h. While running both pumps simultaneously the main jet throws approximately six tons of water into the air at any instant, reaching a maximum height of 152 metres. Alternatively the jet can be run on a single pump reaching a lower height of 114 metres. During special occasions it can be illuminated, often with coloured lights. The design of the jet is based on the Jet d'Eau in Geneva, Switzerland as a result of high-level diplomatic negotiations.

The water jet operates daily from 11 am to 2 pm. In periods of high wind, the jet is automatically disabled as water landing on the nearby Commonwealth Avenue Bridge can be a hazard to traffic. The water jet must also be occasionally shut down when drought lowers the water level of the lake.

Mount Cook et Lake Pukaki

Balance de cuisine

She's here :o) D'ya like her lid? =D

Pic by Neil Palmer (CIAT). Beans for lunch in southwestern Uganda. Please credit accordingly.

Aoraki / Mt Cook National Park, New Zealand

Scan taken from a very early Cookes hardback book called "Industrial Explosives, intention, development application"

This book was saved from been thrown out by employee Malcolm Jones Tremadog during its closure in the 1990s.

Thanks to Malcolm Jones Tremadog for allowing me to scan the photos in the book.

Cook County Illinois Sheriff Department Ford Crown Victoria.

mezes restaurant

san francisco ca

1/13/11

Taken at Mt. Cook National Park, New Zealand. Still working my way through the backlog.

tri-x, developped in lc-29 (1+19).

Delhi.

Gotta love 'em. Especially when they cook like this.

Attended a fantastic PreIndustrial Pig Dinner last night put on by the Underground Food Collective. Multiple courses, all delectable. Suffice to say that I very happily made a pig of myself.

So busy was I enjoying the meal and chatting up my tablemates, I didn't shoot many photos. (!!!) Thus I don't have a picture of my favorite dish of the evening: the "musque de provence winter squash, smoked sweet sausage, sprouted lentils, mayonnaise." The pork ear was also pretty scrumptious. Lee conjured up an amazing grand finale for dessert: apple tarts with apple ice cream and apple caramel.

Oh, I loved every bite of this meal! Thanks, guys.

Decorated cookie set based on Beryl Cook paintings. To see more of my work, visit www.facebook.com/honeycatcookies

This picture was published on the www.metvuw.com/ web site.

(Photos by Karl Weisel)

German and American officers and NCOs joined the staff of the Strong Teams Cafe dining facility in serving a feast with all of the traditional trimmings on Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, 2014.

Point Cook RAAF air show

Cook is a railway station and crossing loop on the standard gauge Trans-Australian Railway from Adelaide to Perth, with no inhabited places around.

The town was created in 1917 when the railway was built and is named after former Prime Minister Joseph Cook. The town depended on the Tea and Sugar Train for the delivery of supplies, and is on the longest stretch of straight railway in the world, at 479 km which stretches from Ooldea to beyond Loongana. When the town was active, water was pumped from an underground Artesian aquifer but now, all water is carried in by train. Attempts have been made to introduce trees and other vegetation, but these have not been successful.

Today, it is said to have a resident population of four, and is essentially a ghost town. The town was effectively closed in 1997 when the railways were privatised and the new owners did not need a support town there, although the diesel refuelling facilities remain, and there is overnight accommodation for train drivers. Cook is the only scheduled stop on the Nullarbor Plain for the Indian Pacific passenger train across Australia and has little other than curiosity value for the passengers. The bush hospital is closed, and the shop is only opened while the Indian Pacific is in town. It has a few houses and fuel tanks for the locomotives. The crossing loop can cross trains up to 1800m long.

Cook-Illinois also introduced the Clean Air Club and the Clean Air Club Bus, both for children. The Clean Air Bus, a recycled 1980s bus, is a mobile museum designed to teach children the importance of alternative fuels and environmentalism. The 45-foot, brightly colored biodiesel bus travels to Chicago-land schools and features hands-on, interactive exhibits on air pollution and renewable fuel as well as featuring lung/air and green tree displays.

For more on Cook-Illinois Corp., visit www.cookillinois.com

For more on the Clean Air Club and Clean Air Bus, visit www.cleanairclub.net

Rarotonga is the most populous island of the Cook Islands. It lies just inside the Tropic of Capricorn, similar to Honolulu. White sandy beaches surround most of the island.

Got this last year for Christmas. It is a decent cook book and while, strictly speaking there are no repeats, there are several recipes that are just variations of others.

She provides some commentary on most of the recipes. Also the recipes are listed in the front under serveral different catagories. A good index as well.

See my renditions of the following:

Spicy Shrimp and Penne with Puttanesca Sauce.

Burger with Cajun Corn and Red Beans.

Barbeque Burger Deluxe.

Ginger-soy Chicken Stir Fry

Couple-of-Minute Steaks and Potato Ragout

Spinach and Spicy Ham Bake

Big Beef Burger Stack-Ups

Lemon and Brown Butter Fish Fillets

Lime-and-Honey Glazed Salmon with Warm Black Bean and Corn Salad

Mediterranean Chicken

Gravy-Smothered Cajun-Style Meatloaf Patties

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cook what you grow by shewell- cooper 1940 9D net

this one 6D net

www.amazon.co.uk/Cook-What-You-Grow-Sherwell-Cooper/dp/B0...

Abandoned Ireland

"James Cook", Government Street north of Belleville, Victoria.

Sculptor: John Tweed.

Pic by Neil Palmer (CIAT). Beans for lunch in southwestern Uganda. Please credit accordingly.

Cook Out (2,672 square feet)

5670 Indian River Road, University Shoppes, Virginia Beach, VA

This location opened in March 2016; it was originally a Captain D's, which was built and opened in 1986 and closed in 2014.

For this photo, I decided for a wider angle view, trying to capture the wide expanse of the Cook Inlet with mountains off in the distance. I kept some of the nearby vegetation, cropping out some to add to the panoramic feel.

The bacon was a bit too crispy for my liking. but i managed to scoff it all down without any dramas!

Busse Lake

David Cook and the Anthemic when they played at the Taste of Newport in Newport Beach CA 9-20-09

Lima, Ohio

This cook was set up in the street-side doorway in Varanasi The picture was shot from a balcony across the street.

Cook's Coaches with this Bova.

Cook County Forest preserve police