Ingredients 1 3/4 cup warm water 1 (1/4-ounce) package active dry yeast (recommended: RapidRise) 2 teaspoons salt 4 1/2 to 5 cups bread flour 3 tablespoons olive oil‚ plus more for bowl Cornmeal‚ for pan Directions Preheat oven at 450 degrees F. Measure out 1 3/4 cups warm water (it should be pleasantly warm on your wrist). Sprinkle the yeast on top of the water and allow it to activate‚ about 10 minutes. Put the salt and 2 cups of the flour into a food processor. Pulse 5 times to blend
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Transitional Phases "Mother Tongue" written by Amy Tan shows the many differences between immigrant families and non-immigrant families. Amy Tan describes the difficulty of growing up in a Chinese home and the transitions that she had to overcome to "fit in" to an American society. Personally‚ the transition between living above the Mason-Dixon line and then moving below it‚ was similar to that of Tan’s situation. Even though mine and Tan’s experiences vary from cultural and ethnic backgrounds
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Biblical Economics: A Commonsense Guide to our Daily Bread The neat thing about this book is that it teaches lessons on economics from the standpoint of a Christian and the way we should handle our money and look at economics from a God centered outlook. The book starts off by talking about how God has made man to have to dominion over the earth and to be a steward of what we have here on Earth. That stewardship includes money and how we deal with it. The writer of the book warns us that we
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The Struggle of Being Yourself Amy tan born in 1952 she lives in Oakland‚California. Her parents fled from China’s Communist revolution and settled in the United States ("Meet the writer"). She wrote her first novel in 1989 it was called "The Joy Luck Club" it was a best seller for nine months (Werlock). Tan believed she was born in the wrong family because her mother was impossible to be pleased (longnecker). In the story of "Two Kinds" Amy Tan whose life is reflected in the Uses the
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Oct 3‚ 2014 Rachelle Worrell In Amy Tans "Mother Tongue" the emphasizes on american english‚ views on Amy’s mothers "Broken English". When speaking from amy’s mother tongue she rights using all sorts of different grammatical. When she is addressing an American professional Amy’s english is very proper. Amy views her mothers "broken english as normal. Amy knows her mother is not a dumb lady by any means she understands things like the stock market. Amy is frustrate by how society looks down on her
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Stone is successful in understanding and exploiting the views of the most devout followers of rock and roll and has grown to become a Fifth Avenue enterprise worth over $250 million dollars. On June 14th 2007‚ British singer/song writer the late Amy Winehouse was featured on the cover of the Rolling Stone. Most commonly known for her out of control behavior‚ the magazine is trying to contradict her reputation by making her look timid shy and quiet. From the way her head is down and tilted and from
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Amy Tan’s story “Mother Tongue” starts by the affirmation that she is not a scholar of English or literature. She is just a writer and the person who understand the power of language. From Tan’s observations from her daily life‚ she realizes that there are different types of English that she uses. The first time Tan notices the difference is when she gives a speech on her book “The Joy Luck Club” using academic English‚ the one that she never uses to talk with her mother. The second time is when
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English essay on the article by Amy Chua Parenting is a topic‚ which is constantly discussed in not only America‚ but in many parts of the world. Every single person has his or her own opinion on how to be the best parent. And there is no wrong or right in parenting. It is a well-known fact that different cultures have different parenting models‚ and these models are not always being perceived positively by other cultures. In different cultures parents implement their own variations‚ which they
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Two minutes could change how you feel and think? Social Psychologist‚ Amy Cuddy in her article‚ Fake it till you make it‚ claims If you do certain postures for 2 minutes they can change how you think and feel. She supports her claim by first showing graphs of how a person’s hormones were affected by their posture. Then in Part II 07:24 of Amy Cuddy’s speech she says “There’s some evidence that they [our non verbals] do [change the way we see ourselves]. So‚ for example‚ we smile when we feel happy
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example‚ in Tan’s story‚ ‘Fish Cheeks’‚ when it is revealed to Amy that Robert’s family was invited to her house for Christmas Eve‚ it is said‚ “What would Robert think of our shabby Chinese Christmas Eve?” (2) it is presented that she thinks her family is embarrassing. The problem is that she also enjoys Chinese culture‚ as shown in the example‚ “My father … plucked out the soft meat. ‘Amy your favorite.’ … I wanted to disappear.” (5). Amy is torn between two cultures‚ which is why this is character
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