University of Chicago alum and former Chicago Booth Business School Professor and UChicago Economics Department professor Michael Woodford wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Economics.
UChicago News release about Michael Woodford follows
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-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying Grance, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books
The following article from the Chicago Booth Review about corporate product bundling might interest comparison shoppers:
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-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books
-developer of food and beverage knowledge games
German Recipe Ideas for Personal Chefs by Ruth Paget
I have learned to really like German food after living in Madison (Wisconsin), which has many citizens with German ancestry and restaurants serving German food as well as spending several years in Stuttgart, Germany on overseas duty with the US military.
I found three German recipes in Gordon Ramsey’s cookbook Quick and Delicious: 100 Recipes to Cook in 30 Minutes or Less that I would consider purchasing from a personal chef experienced in making German specialty dishes:
p.102 – pork schnitzel with celeriac (celery root) remoulade
p.110 – juniper venison steaks with quick braised red cabbage
p.126 – roast pork chops with crushed new potatoes and lettue
Gordon Ramsey includes recipes from around the world in Quick and Delicious, making it a good reference for building an international dish portfolio for personal chefs.
Happy Cooking!
By Ruth Paget
-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books
-developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games + 8 Classical Western Civilization War Games
-developer of food and beverage knowledge games
-creator of online exhibits about San Miguel Arcangel Mission, French baguette making, and the Carmel Valley History Center
-creator of French travel and culture games
-writer of 2000+ Central Coast California lifestyle blogs
-family genealogist
-developer of 9 music theory games
Quick Baking Muffin Ideas for Personal Chefs by Ruth Paget
When I was a teenager in Detroit (Michigan), I helped my divorced mom who worked 40+ hours a week as a printer at the Detroit Free Press newspaper prepare meals for the upcoming school week.
I baked muffins (quick breads and loaves made into muffins) and made fruit salads that I would eat with slices of cheddar or Swiss cheese and two pots of Canadian Red Rose tea. (Red Rose tea is strong and bitter – just the way I like it.)
The cookbooks I baked from in Detroit were usually Betty Crocker’s (corporate written and tested for no-surprise results).
I recently purchased Betty Crocker’s Big Book of Bread ($1.99 on Amazon Kindle) to have recipes for my favorite quick breads at my fingertips again.
The Betty Crocker Big Book of Bread writes that quick breads are leavened (made to rise when baking) by using baking powder. Quick breads can be baked as soon as they are mixed unlike yeast breads as well. Quick breads should no be over mixed or they will turn out tough and poorly risen according to Betty Crocker. (More details can be found in the book.)
I ate savory and slightly sweet muffins. I made banana bread loaves into muffins. I reduced sugar by 1/2 to 1/3.
Some of the muffins that I liked are still what I consider easy to prepare and might appeal to personal chefs as well.
These recipes include:
-bean muffins
-pumpkin muffins (made with pumpkin purée)
-buttermilk muffins
-savory corn bread muffins
-banana bread
-sour-cream cranberry muffins
-zucchini bread muffins
-carrot bread muffins
-oatmeal muffins (I added rehydrated raisins to mine.)
-Irish yogurt bread muffins
What I liked about these quick breads is that they really are quick; it takes about 35 minutes to bake most of them with 15 minutes of time to prepare.
Busy working people could probably make these quick bread muffins while doing laundry. (This is what I did in high school.)
Personal chefs can easily incorporate a variety of muffins into their recipe portfolio that have a good profit margin.
Happy Baking!
By Ruth Paget
-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books
-developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games + 8 Classical Western Civilization War Games
-developer of food and beverage knowledge games
-creator of online exhibits about San Miguel Arcangel Mission, French baguette making, and the Carmel Valley History Museum
-creator of French travel and culture games
-writer of 2000+ Central Coast California lifestyle games
-family genealogist
-developer of 9 music theory games
I saw The Infinite Game advertised on Amazon recently and thought of little game to do using a small daily calendar.
In this calendar you note $+ or $- for money saved during the day and money spent during the day.
At the end of each month, you total what you saved and spent and then do this for the year.
This information lets you see where you are losing money that you could be saving instead.
The Infinite Game book information follows for interested readers:
Happy Gaming!
By Ruth Paget
-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books
-developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games + 8 Classical Western Cuvilization War Games
-developer of food and beverage knowledge games
-creator of online exhibits about San Miguel Arcangel Mission, French baguette making, and the Carmel Valley History Center
-creator of French travel and culture games
-writer of 2000+ Central Coast California lifestyle blogs
-family genealogist
-developer of 9 music theory games
UChicago Alumni Travel Tours spark ideas for armchair travel reading and video watching as well.
The University of Chicago Alumni Travel Tours Information follows:
https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/465/#cv/priority/%5Esmartlabel_promo/1a12655b6079bd43
Bon Voyage!
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-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books
-developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games + 8 Classical Western Civilization War Games
-developer of food and beverage knowledge games
-creator of online exhibits about San Miguel Arcangel Mission, French baguette making, and the Carmel Valley History Center
-creator of French travel and culture games
-writer of 2000+ Central Coast California lifestyle blogs
-family genealogist
-developer of 9 music theory games
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When I lived in Stuttgart (Germany), I used an electric egg cooker to make hard-boiled egg slices to go on salads with smoked salmon slices. I loved eating that salad in winter.
Electrical egg cookers use very little water. They steam eggs and can cook them to varying degrees of doneness that you select before turning the cooker on.
If you eat and like boiled eggs, an electric egg cooker like the following one might be of interest to you:
The $39 price today (10-10-2026) is very affordable.
Reposted by Ruth Paget
-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books
-developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games + 8 Classical Western Civilization War Games
-developer of food and beverage knowledge games
-creator of online exhibits about San Miguel Arcangel Mission, French baguette making, and the Carmel valley History Center
-creator of French travel and culture games
-writer of 2000+ Central Coast California lifestyle blogs
-family genealogist
-developer of 9 music theory games