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8:38 AM, 2007-Dec-11 .. Posted by Lynne

Amy,
I have been meaning to ask you how you make the caramel and apple oatmeal. That sounds really good.
I was at my Bible study class last night, and one of my classmates works at our mall's Williams-Sonoma store. If they don't have these in your area, it is a very high end kitchen supplies store with wonderful things and big price tags. He told me his store's business is double what it was last year, and he is working overtime every day. He said one woman came in and bought 3 17-piece All Clad cookware sets at $4000 each ($12,000 total).
I also learned at this meeting that the local food banks, including the one our church supports, are in extreme need of food. Apparently donations to food banks is down by 50% at this time.
Our church supports the food bank throughout the year, but our biggest support is Super Bowl Sunday when everyone brings bags of food and we have several pickup trucks filled to the brim with food. Now, we are being asked to bring in as much as we can this coming Sunday.
It just struck me how odd it was that a high-end store is booming and the food bank is suffering all in the same city.

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9:23 AM, 2007-Dec-14 .. Posted by imspecl

Would love the recipe for those cookies. The Mennonite shop in our town makes awsome cran-oatmeal cookies and I'd love a recipe for these.

Thanks - Michele