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Friday, March 13, 2015
Fresh Pasta in Lemon Cream Sauce with Seared Scallops
Sometimes I make meals that transform humble, dare-I-say-cheap ingredients into something fancier. Roasting some carrots and dressing them up with sauce and garnish, or elevating potatoes with a pile of North African spices. All delicious. And then there are meals on the flip side — where I take fancy, indulgent, special occasion ingredients. And do almost nothing to them, and just let their simple deliciousness shine through. Like I did the other night.
I recently had a friend over for dinner, and did that lovely fake math wherein you decide well, since we're not eating out as we'd initially planned, I'm still actually saving money by buying these fancy ingredients, right? Perhaps you are familiar with these batshit calculations? Anyways, in this case, it involved a leisurely walk down pick up some fresh-made pasta, and a tub of creme fraiche. Then some scallops — which, admittedly are terrifyingly expensive, but luckily you only need a few per person for a transcendent meal. And this was transcendent.
This is one of those meals that's more about shopping than cooking. After we enjoyed a delicious salad (butter lettuce, leftover roasted cauliflower, kumquats and feta), I ducked back in the kitchen to pull this together in just minutes. The scallops seared, the pasta boiled, and a plop of creme fraiche, lemon, and arugula hit the pan. That's it. I took a hasty cellphone pic, and we ate in amazement.
Fresh Pasta in Lemon Cream Sauce with Seared Scallops
inspired by the pasta dish in Amanda Hesser's Cooking for Mr. Latte, but tweaked beyond recognition
serves 2
~6 large fresh scallops
high-heat oil, like grapeseed
1 pound
1 cup creme fraiche
zest and juice of a meyer lemon
a few handfuls arugula, washed and torn into bite-sized pieces
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, and bring a large skillet to a screaming high heat. Set the scallops out to dry (I just set them out on a plate lined with a piece of a brown paper bag).
When your pan is very hot, pour in a bit of oil to slick the surface, and place in the scallops. Sear for a few minutes, until they develop a nice crust, then flip and sear on the other side. Remove from the pan, and set aside. Salt.
Place the pasta in the boiling water, and cook until done. Drain (I like to pour some of the pasta water into the serving plates to warm them, as this dish is best warm). Turn the scallop pan back on, and add the creme fraiche and lemon juice/zest. Stir to mix everything together (including that delicious flavor from the pan), then stir in the arugula and pasta, and toss everything together until the arugula is just wilted. Salt to taste. Drain your serving plates if you filled them with pasta water, then fill with pasta, and top with scallops. Serve. Moan. Enjoy.
Tuesday, March 03, 2015
Cookie-Style Hamantaschen
For the past several years, I've been making hamantaschen — jam-filled Purim pastries — with a cream cheese crust. It's tangy, delicious, and creates something that's almost like a flaky little triangular tart. But the hamantaschen I grew up with weren't like tarts. They were like cookies. And I kinda wanted something like that.
These hamantaschen are indeed cookie-like — if you fancy deliciously buttery cookies. The dough is basically like a sweet butter cookie, all fat and flour and sugar and egg yolks. For a wee bit of fun, I added a touch of orange zest, to offset the sweet jam, and a bit of rye flour, for that Patisserie-by-way-of-Poland edge.
The end result isn't particularly dressed-up or fancy. No sweet cheese filling, no mashed-up international triangular turns, no need to fuss and freeze. Just butter, flour, and the jams I made myself back in the sunny late fall days, sent right from the counter to the oven (and then to my mouth). And right now, it feels perfect.
Cookie-Style Hamantaschen
adapted from Joan Nathan in the New York Times
yields ~ 3 dozen small cookies
8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter, warmed to room temperature
zest of 1 orange
2 egg yolks
1 cup powdered sugar
hefty pinch salt
1 cup rye flour
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
Place the butter, orange zest, and egg yolks in a food processor. Pulse to mix, then add the powdered sugar, until well blended. Add the salt and flours, processing (and scraping down as needed) until the mixture just comes together. Turn out onto a square of waxed paper or plastic, shape into a chubby disk, wrap well, and refrigerate for a few hours (or overnight).
When you're ready to bake, preheat your oven to 350° Fahrenheit, and line a few cookie sheets with parchment paper. Take the dough from the refrigerator, and unwrap onto a lightly floured countertop.
Roll out the dough until it's somewhere between 1/8-inch and 1/4-inch thick. Using a cookie cutter or a glass dipped in flour, cut out rounds (I favor smallish cookies, ~2 1/4-inch (also because that's the size cutter I have)). Place a dollop of jam (about a teaspoon) in the center of each round, and fold the sides around to create a triangle (after doing a few, you'll get a sense of how much jam you can fit). Mush any dough scraps back together, and repeat.
Bake the cookies until lightly browned, ~10-12 minutes. Let cool, transferring to a rack if they seem like they're too brown on the bottoms.
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Grain Bowl with Barley, Mustard Greens, Chickpeas and Tahini
I often speak disparagingly of my old favorite of "hippie dinner." Some whole grain, steamed or sauteed vegetables, maybe a bit of tofu, and tahini. It's a healthy standard, sure, but it also pegs you as a dated, stubbornly unstylish old hippie. And then I happened upon a few articles, in the space of a week, that made me realize I was branding it all wrong. It wasn't hippie dinner, see —it was a grain bowl! My cooking is so au courant.
Thus rebranded, my quinoa-tofu-broccoli grain bowl seemed due for a bit of an update. Or, to be honest, I was thinking that I should try to put a dent in the enormous vat of barley that seems to have landed in my pantry. And then there were the mustard greens I had bought because they were just so pretty, but I didn't have much of a destination for (as my initial suggestion of "mustards pizza?" was roundly dismissed for the bad idea it so clearly was). And so, revamped hippie dinner! Excuse me, I mean, grain bowl.
As with hippie dinner of the so-dated past, grain bowls can really be anything. I had the aforementioned greens and barley, and some leftover chickpeas I'd simmered up a few days prior for whatever. I made up a standard tahini, but also tossed in some ground turmeric and freshly grated ginger (which both added a bit of flavor that stood up to the bitter blanched mustards, as well as some psychological witch doctor immunity against whatever late-winter illnesses seem to be circulating out there), and topped everything with a few random fresh herbs. Being trendy turns out to be delicious. I had no idea.
Grain Bowl with Barley, Mustard Greens, Chickpeas and Tahini
yields 2 servings
Ginger-Turmeric Tahini Sauce:
1/3 cup tahini paste
juice of 1/2 lemon or lime
1 clove garlic, pressed or grated
1-inch piece of ginger, grated
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
pinch each sugar and salt
Grain Bowl:
1 bunch mustard greens, washed and torn/chopped into bite-sized pieces
2 cups cooked barley (I favor cooking mine like pasta in big pot of boiling water, as I'm less likely to scorch it)
~ 3/4 cup cooked chickpeas (warm to at least room temperature if they're coming out of the fridge)
handful of fresh herbs, if you've got (I had some scallions and cilantro)
To make the Tahini: mix together the tahini paste, lemon juice, garlic, ginger, turmeric, sugar and salt. Add a splash of water, and mix, adding more water (or, if it seems like it needs more bite, lemon juice) until you reach a thick-yet-pourable consistency. Set aside.
Bring a kettle of water to a boil while you wash and chop the mustard greens. Place the greens in a large heat-proof bowl, then pour the water over them. Let sit for a few minutes to soften, then drain (this both cooks the greens and leaches out some of the bitterness, and has the added benefit of making it harder to overcook).
While the greens are blanching, assemble your bowls. Divide the barley between two bowls, then top with the chickpeas. Add the blanched and drained mustard greens, top with a healthy dollop of tahini sauce, then sprinkle on the fresh herbs.
Friday, February 06, 2015
Almost-Flourless Chocolate Cake
There are a lot of times when grown-up life is hard. When decisions and bills pile up, when you feel like you deserve some sort of trophy for managing to actually get through your days — hanging laundry and braving post office lines and fighting with your health insurance and meeting deadlines and oh dear god why is that light on the car blinking? The times when you wonder why nobody told you things would be like this.
But thankfully, there are the other times. When your life is exactly like a childhood dream. Where you get to live with your best friend, or take a stroll in the middle of the day because it's sunny out and you just want to. And make a dense, amazing chocolate cake just because.
Well, actually because I had leftover whipping cream. See, totally responsible grown-up.
But this cake. It's so good! And it's so much better the second day! This is a rich, chocolate-butter-eggs-sugar bite of perfection. And while I could easily inhale a terrifying amount, just a slim slice of this cake is surprisingly satisfying. Especially when you have another slim slice with your mid-afternoon coffee. And possibly another slim slice for breakfast. Because what is adulthood for, if not for that?
Almost-Flourless Chocolate Cake
adapted from I Want Chocolate by Trish Deseine, as adapted by Orangette
yields an 8-inch round cake
7 ounces dark chocolate, roughly chopped
7 ounces unsalted butter, cut into pats
1 1/3 cup (250 grams) granulated sugar
5 large eggs
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
barely-sweetened whipped cream, for serving
Preheat the oven to 375° Fahrenheit, and butter an 8-inch round cake pan. Line the base of the pan with parchment, and butter the parchment too.
Set a bowl above a pot of simmering water, to create a double boiler. Place the chocolate and butter in the bowl, and let melt, stirring occasionally. When melted, stir in the chocolate, and set aside to cool for a few minutes. Then add the eggs, one by one, stirring well after each addition, and then add the flour.
Pour batter into the buttered cake pan and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until most of the cake is somewhat set, and only the center jiggles. Remove to a rack, and let cool (the cake will fall, which is fine). To serve, run a knife along the edge, turn upside-down onto a plate, peel the paper off the bottom, then flip right side up onto another plate. Serve in small slices, with whipped cream.
Like brownies, this cake is much, much better the second day (store in the refrigerator, but let come to room temperature before eating).
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Roasted Carrots with Tahini, Parsley and Pomegranate
I am in a sporadically meeting book club. And my preparation seems to be somewhat sporadic as well. Some months I read the allotted portion long in advance, mulling over themes and reflecting on resonances. And I prepare for the potluck portion as well, thumbing through recipes that may be arguably thematically linked to the subject material (paella for Don Quixote!), or pulling out a dish I've had pinned for months, or leisurely strolling through the market to find the peak-of-the-season produce for inspiration. And then there are the other times.
So yeah, this past meet-up I didn't quite finish reading the book. Well, to be fair, I didn't quite like it (Memoirs of Hadrian is not making any of my top-five lists). So there was that. So, in possibly related news, when it came time for the potluck contribution, I didn't quite rally. In fact, I didn't think about it at all until that morning. And then it was that afternoon. And it was raining. And thus, Iron Pantry Chef rides again!
This game, for those of you not intimately familiar with my kitchen ecolect, is a recurring favorite — subtitled "what can be made for dinner without leaving the house?" The end result is always thrifty, often inventive, and, every now and then, even tasty. And oh, this one was tasty. And although my single, blurry, low-light phone pic doesn't do it justice, it was also beautiful.
This recipe is befitting a last-minute pantry meal — cheap, humble, and composed of the usual suspects knocking around your pantry and crisper (especially if you spend your winter obsessed with pomegranates, and got a bit too eager when tahini was on sale at the grocery overstock store). But despite this on-hand familiarity, the results feel fresh and surprising. The buttery-soft roasted carrots are enlivened by the unexpectedly herb-spiked tahini, and the pomegranate adds a bright pop of sour-sweetness (in addition to just being so very pretty). It's tempting to see the moral of this story as the benefits/rationalization of lack of preparation, but that has bit me in the butt far too many times for me to push for that takeaway. Let's just say it's a damned fine dish, and the fact that it can be easily whipped up on the fly is just gravy.
Roasted Carrots with Tahini, Parsley and Pomegranate
adapted from Blogging Over Thyme
yields one potluck-worthy large salad
~15 carrots, peeled
olive oil
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1/3 cup tahini paste
1 clove garlic, pressed
juice of 1/2 lemon
1/2 cup chopped cilantro or parsley leaves, plus a handful for garnishing
arils from 1/2 a pomegranate
Preheat the oven to 400° Fahrenheit.
While the oven is preheating, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the carrots, and boil until tender-firm, ~10 minutes. Drain, and toss on a rimmed baking sheet with a bit of olive oil to coat, and the cumin seeds and a sprinkling of salt. Roast until fully soft and beginning to brown, another half hour or so. Remove and let cool to room temperature.
While the carrots are roasting, prepare the tahini sauce. In a blender, or in a small bowl with a whisk or fork, blend together the tahini, garlic, lemon juice, and a good pinch of salt. It will get a bit pasty. Add water, bit by bit, until it thins out to a thick-yet-pourable consistency. Taste, and add more lemon juice or salt if needed. Stir in fresh herbs. Set aside.
To serve, place the carrots on a platter, and top with a puddle of the tahini (if you don't need all of it, reserve any remaining for your salads or hippie dinners). Top with a tumble parsley or cilantro leaves, and the pomegranate arils, and serve.
Sunday, January 18, 2015
North African Oven Fries
Were we talking about comfort food? Well, the conversation cannot conclude until we mention potatoes. I mean really — who are we kidding here?
Oven-baked fries are something I seem to rediscover every few years. Buttery yellow potatoes, oil and heat and a mess of salt — instant deliciousness. And, you know, vaguely healthier than deep frying. Inspired by a sadly-no-longer-updated Algerian-American blog, I gave these potatoes a bit of a North African spin. They're tossed with a savory dose of cumin and paprika, and then given a bit of harissa for heat (optional, yet delicious). And then, after they roast up into soft, starchy, crisp-edged warmth, they're tossed with a bright hit of lemon juice, fresh herbs, and raw garlic (which gets just barely tempered by the hot potatoes). Pair with a pile of steamed greens, and it's a perfect dinner. Even the day after (apologies for my wan pictures), they make a fine lunch.
And if you're looking to learn a bit more about North Africa, I recently produced a story about the Berber New Year. I had only the most passing knowledge of the Berbers a few weeks ago, but had the good fortune to be able to dig into their history and culture, and how it all wraps up in a NYE blowout. In mid-January. You can listen over at NPR.
North African Oven Fries
adapted from 64 Square Foot Kitchen
serves ~3-4, especially paired with a nice green vegetable
2 teaspoons sweet paprika
1 teaspoon ground cumin
~3 tablespoons olive oil
2 teaspoons harissa, or your favorite hot sauce (optional)
6 large waxy potatoes (or more smaller ones), scrubbed but not peeled
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 garlic cloves, pressed or minced
Preheat the oven at 400° Fahrenheit.
While the oven is preheating, mix the paprka, cumin, olive oil and harissa together in a large bowl. Peel the potatoes, and slice into wedges or fries, and add them to the bowl. Toss to coat the potato wedges with the oil and seasoning, and a generous sprinkle of salt.
Spread the potatoes on a baking sheet in a single layer, and bake until golden brown and crisp on the outside, about 25-30 minutes (depending upon how thick you've cut them), turning once.
While the potatoes are cooking, place the cilantro, lemon juice, and garlic in a bowl (you can re-use the same bowl you used earlier). When the potatoes are baked, tip them into the bowl, and toss to coat. The hot potatoes will temper the garlic, and everything should smell amazing. Taste, add additional salt or harissa as needed, and serve.
Monday, December 29, 2014
Armenian Pilaf with Shrimp, Cilantro and Feta
For the record, I am a big fan a brown rice. Nubby, healthy, delicious. It's my weeknight staple. But I also love love LOVE white rice. A few months back I invested in a mega-sack of Basmati rice. How big is the sack? I don't know, as it's shoved out of the way on an inaccessible shelf, decanted into a more manageable jar as needed. I don't dip in very often, but when I do — oh man. It's aromatic, amazing, delicious. It's like a big warm good-smelling hug. Others may slide into a bowl of mac'n'cheese, or mashed potatoes. And I do so love the both of those. But a delicious pilaf with buttery white rice — that's my comfort food.
A few weeks back, I had some friends in need of a good comforting dinner. So I took my trusty rice, along with some delicious shrimp, and an Armenian cookbook I've had out from the library. I cooked up this easy dish, leashed up my dog, and hauled the cast iron pot through the neighborhood (along with a salad, and mason jar full of Mai Tais). And it did the trick.
This recipe is one of those simple, greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts bits of magic. Shrimp shells are simmered in stock, to give an extra richness to the rice, which is further bolstered with saffron and tomato paste (the original recipe offered either, but I, in my wisdom, opted for both). The shrimp are stirred in at the last minute, so they stay nice and tender (I take the extra step of brining, which also helps), and then everything is topped with feta and cilantro. The end result is intriguing enough to keep you reaching for bite after bite — yet simple enough to wrap you up in starchy comfort.
Armenian Pilaf with Shrimp, Cilantro and Feta
adapted from The Armenian Table by Victoria Jenanyan Wise
serves ~4
1 pound uncooked shrimp, in shell
3 cups broth (vegetable or chicken)
2 tablespoons butter or olive oil
1/4 cup finely diced onion
1 1/2 cups long grain white rice
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 hefty pinch saffron
1 large handful cilantro leaves, plus additional for serving
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
1/4 teaspoon aleppo pepper, plus additional for serving
1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese
Shell the shrimp, leaving the tails intact (if you fancy, for dramatic effect), and reserving the shells. Place the shrimp in a small bowl of water, along with a hefty pinch of salt and a small bit of sugar (this brining is optional, but I feel improves the flavor and texture). Place in the refrigerator.
Place the reserved shrimp shells in a small saucepan along with the broth. Bring to a boil over high heat, then lower the heat until high enough to maintain a brisk simmer. Cook until the shells are pink, about 3 minutes. Turn off the heat and set aside.
To make the pilaf, melt the butter (or pour the oil) in a good-sized saucepan or pot over a medium-high heat. Add the onion and rice, and saute until the rice is translucent (but not colored), ~2 minutes. Strain the shrimp broth into the pot through a fine-mesh strainer. Add the tomato paste, saffron, cilantro, salt and aleppo pepper, and stir to combine. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 22 minutes, until the rice is tender.
When the rice is done, turn off the heat, and take your shrimp from the refrigerator. Drain, and stir into the pilaf. Cover the pot again, and let sit for 5 minutes, until the residual heat cooks the shrimp until they're just barely pink. Serve warm, garnished with the feta cheese, and additional cilantro and aleppo pepper, if desired.
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In response to "YMCA Not a Cure-All," printed Monday, September 13, I feel that it is necessary to clarify how the "Yes to the Y" signs came to be. Camden for the Y is a group of local citizens who independently came together to rally support for establishing a YMCA. [Editor's note: Mrs. Long identified herself to the C-I as a member of Camden for the Y.] Like any other political movement, we discussed ways in which our information could be shared and to raise awareness about the important decision voters face in the November election regarding recreation in ...
Like Mr. James, I have been reading about and discussing the issue of the "Y" over the last year. I have come to the conclusion that this is not about the "Y" as much as it is about how that building will be funded. Sadly, the way the city proposes to fund this, using "H taxes," forces me to come down on the side of "No to the Y."
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God's Helpers will celebrate their annual Mother/Daughter Banquet on Oct. 6 at 5 p.m. at the Kershaw County Recreation Department. The guest speaker will be Elder Millie Nelson. Nelson is a Congregational Specialist with the South Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. In this position, Nelson equips and connects local churches to empower them to be effective in ministry to the communities they serve.
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Laundry/Mud room light fixture
This is the type of light I'm planning to get for there. Maybe with the square glass piece tho. it's fluted around the edges and also has etching on it.
I was going to get the 2 bulb version (2@ 60 W) but am thinking maybe I should get the 3 bulb version. If 180 W in the room is over kill i can always back off and use 40 W bulbs in it. the room is about 7 x 8.
This type is easy for me to change bulbs and / or clean. Just unscrew the little knobby showing and it slips down. I have a sq one in my bedroom in old place.
and input on this?
sq version but you can't see the etching on this one -
thx shades. I just didn't want to pay for it, pay to have it put up just to find out it isn't enough light. the 2 bulb fixture is about 10-12.00 and the 3 bulb one is 20.00. So, it isn't much money going into it.
my eye sight isn't what it used to be either. so I worry about underlighting rooms. I also wondered how much light would be in the room with it facing upward. tho, it seemed fine in my bedroom here.
I'd better stock up on 60 w bulbs...
I'll probably end up with the sq one with fluted edges. I like those old timey fixtures.
Steph, if your ceilings are white, and it is a small room anyway, the white will bounce the light back very well. It will be a fairly even light too, because of the frosted and etched shade.
Having two instead of three will create less heat in the summertime. And help lower the power bill as well.


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Christine Romer & the Minimum Wage
Christine Romer, Obama's top economist, explains why a minimum wage is not a good idea.
Here is a link that might be useful: Romer on Min Wage
So, you believe that wage amount paid should be left to the ethics and integrity of corporate or industry heads, with no limits on minimum... because competition within the business world will keep them from misbehaving? Do you also believe that if large tax breaks are given, those same corporate or industry CEOs will use the money to create jobs? Or that the supply side economic theory really works?
Well this is kind of a half truth isn't it? She stated that other policies suggested by the President would be more targeted toward lower income families. The problem is, Republicans don't go along with any entitlement programs like mandatory pre-K.
And since when are Republicans in favor od=f subsidizing low income families or the poor instead of encouraging work. They are talking out of their azz again on this.
I am always befuddled by the paranoia of the Right about redistribution when the fact is the rich are becoming richer and the middle class and poor are continuing to make less and less. Look at the statistics...facts should matter more than ideology.
As the stock market has risen over the past 4 years, most investors have made out while those who do not have investments get poorer and own nothing or just a smaller piece of the pie. Workers, especially those working for peanuts, do not benefit from that redistribution of wealth to stock investors, big bonuses to CEO's, and health and retirement benefits to employees much higher up the chain.
And Republicans oppose a tax on stock transactions to minimize that redistributive effect even incrementally.
The argument that many minimum wage earners may be
high school graduates living at home (and presumable they don't really need money since they can siphon off their aging parents) is spurious. Why aren't they entitled to make a living wage? Because their parents are still working into their late 50's and beyond and are kind enough to offer them room and board until their kids are 30 or so or they just break down physically?
And what are we talking about here in terms of the amount of wage increase that Obama has suggested?
Is that amount really going to impact wealth distribution?
Come on.
As far as what Economists think, I would suggest that there are plenty of them that disagree with Ms. Romer. Paul Krugman , a Nobel Prize economist might be one. The economic fact of the matter is that minimum wage earners
of all types spend most if not all of their money gained from wages so they are simply recirculating that money back into the economy. What kind of Economist would suggest that increased spending does not stimulate the economy?
Jodik, I certainly believe that there ought to be no minimum wage whatsoever. Increases in income come from a growing economy, not from govt simply mandating higher incomes. All the growth in income in this nation came from private businesses competing for skilled laborers. not from unions or govt legislation.
as usual, minimum wage laws HURT the very people they are designed to help. yes minimum wage laws make us feel good b/c we feel we are doing something for low income people, but liberals never stop to ask the question, "DOES IT REALLY HELP LOW INCOME PEOPLE?" Good thing Christine Romer is honest enough to ask it.
and, check the link, incomes are dropping in this nation.
Here is a link that might be useful: Incomes dropping
All the growth in income in this nation came from private businesses competing for skilled laborers. not from unions or govt legislation.
It appears that you are not familiar with U.S. history and that you cannot defend the arguments for a living wage.
That's what I thought.
There was a time in American history when those corporate big shots used child labor, and thought nothing of worker safety or any other considerations that are normal to human compassion. You want to return to THOSE days?
Because you and I both know that ethics will not regulate the world of business fairly. Greed will reign worse than it does now. The only way to maintain a fair playing field is through legal regulation.
Didn't get much comment when I posted it yesterday, but at the link is a video explaining that old wealth distribution, and just how funny getting rid of the minimum wage is in this country.
While you may not agree with it, the video has gone viral, so lots of people are seeing it and likely sharpening up their (proverbial) scythes and pitchfork tines.
Here is a link that might be useful: link to video
brushworks, you seriously believe that if the min wage was 9 bucks an hour that every high school worker would make that?
if that is true, why not jack up the min wage to 20 bucks an hour? then they would all make 20 bucks an hour. wouldn't that be better?
She has perfectly valid arguments. From an economist point of view, supply and demand would keep people from being paid too little (unless all the employers were in cahoots or it was a one-employer kind of town). For example, if Target is paying more than Walmart, in an ideal situation, all the people would go work for Target until Target has all the employees it wants. The rest of them will have to work for Walmart (for less). Oh wait, that didn't just work there, did it?
The bottom line is... if a person does not get paid enough to afford what it cost to live, the obvious is that they end up not being able to afford housing, transportation, food, clothing, education, or any of the bare necessities of normal urban or suburban life.
The cost of living has risen, while wages paid and hours worked have either fallen or remained stagnant.
If the twain do not balance somewhere in the middle, we end up with a lot of homeless, poverty stricken families in need of government assistance. What is there not to get about this?
No, $20 an hour should do it. That would pretty much double the money available for the lower 40% of the population, who would then be able to spend it on goods and services, vastly improving the nationwide economy with the well-documented "trickle up" phenomenon, increasing tax revenues, and helping get rid of the debt.
In these parts, if you want to attract and retain job seekers with a high school diploma and a good work ethic that have reliable transportation, a driver's and can pass a background check, drug test, DMV check, aptitude test, physical fitness assessment, probationary period etc, you'll have to start them at substantially more than the minimum wage.
That said, the big issues many unskilled, low skilled and even some mid-skilled workers face is qualifying for jobs, getting hired, keeping jobs and finding and keeping FULL TIME jobs.
It's pretty common for many employers to have literally hundreds of job seekers for every available job.
david52: haha!!! what makes you think all those employers wouldn't fire their low level employees to avoid paying them min wage?
here is a perfect example of how most govt laws required other govt laws to enforce them.
govt law #1: raise min wage to $20/hr
employers start laying off low level workers
govt passes another law to force employers not to lay-off their low level employees.
employers start closing factories and such
govt passes another law banning the closure of factories and such.
and so the cycle goes but nothing will shake our confidence in our govt!! Govt to the rescue. blind faith in govt (and libs call us religious)
More la la and hypothetical scenarios having nothing to do with solving the problems at hand. Indeed, implementation of them would be a worsening of what we have already.
Forum continues to be driven by posting of child-like ideas, without a child's innocence and sense of wonderment. The only thing worse than stupid thinking is arrogant stupid thinking. How funny it is that those cherishing ignorant notions so often look down upon and attempt to berate or talk down to those who are better informed.
And so many uncharitable "Christians"!
This post was edited by bboy on Mon, Mar 4, 13 at 11:10
bboy, some great arguments there. impressive. do liberals know how to reason? generally you make an assertion, then you give evidence supporting that assertion.
chase, you're right. min wage laws don't just hurt low level workers; they hurt companies too.
some people would rather have a lower paying job than no job at all.
esh_ga, they find ways of getting around it.
Do you deny that min wage laws increase unemployment among low level workers?
This from the HuffPo:
"The unemployment rate for millennials (Americans aged 18 to 29) increased to 13.1 percent last month, according to the January jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor.
Overall unemployment rose slightly to 7.9 percent nationwide, but the increase was much sharper for millennials, up from 11.5 percent the month before and 10.9 percent in November 2012. As calculated by Generation Opportunity, a conservative-leaning millennial advocacy group, January saw the highest millennial unemployment rate since at least June 2012, when it was 12.8 percent."
So, if the minimum wage is increased, all those fast food places and massive corporate enterprises like Walmart will just fire all their millions and millions of minimum wage people. Just like they've done, time and time again, as the states increase minimum wages.
You read it here first.
David's correct... $20 an hour or thereabouts should do. We wouldn't want to leave minimum wage amount in the hands of the worker, either, as greed can emanate from any quarter, and wealth is not always synonymous with lack of ethics.
There has to be a balance somewhere... workers need to be paid enough to live, and corporations need to make that concession. It's not rocket science.
If the worker has enough in his pocket, he'll spend it on his needs... and any extra will be circulated into the economy on other items or services... and more importantly, it will mean less families in need of government assistance. The corporation can charge a fair price for their product or service, pay its management a fair salary... and it's win-win when everyone operates fairly.
I haven't got a clear answer yet from any of you. Do min wage laws cause unemployment for low level workers?
and here is a quick vid on the minimum wage.
Here is a link that might be useful: Min Wage Laws
Given the long history of minimum wage laws, there should be massive unemployment, following your logic, among the low classes and attributable to high cost of minimum wage. Good luck with that. In an economy with too many seekers and too few jobs, the old and the young are the first to NOT get jobs.
Speaking of cleaning toilets, one of our relative's duties at their store is cleaning the public/employee restrooms, store entrance, store spills and bottle return area. They also work as a cashier, bagger, stocker, cart wrangler and carry-out worker. They make $10.50 per hour as a part-timer currently.
Not too long ago these jobs were performed by 2 or more workers.
When/If they become a Team Leader, they won't have to perform cleaning, stocking, cart and carry-out duty, plus they'll get a raise and move to full time.
BTW, I've cleaned, plunged, snaked and replaced my share of toilets in our employee/customer restrooms over the years.
Do min wage laws cause unemployment for low level workers?
I don't know. I suspect they might initially but then as businesses realize they need those people to do work so that the businesses can sell their product/service that those people would be hired back.
As marshall said, otherwise nobody would be working today after all the minimum wage increases to date.
And as jodi and david said, those lower paid workers save very little, virtually all their wages are funneled back into the economy for food, rent, transportation, clothing, services, etc.
marshallz10: there is massive unemployment amongst the 18-25 set.
"The unemployment rate for millennials (Americans aged 18 to 29) increased to 13.1 percent last month, according to the January jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor.
Overall unemployment rose slightly to 7.9 percent nationwide, but the increase was much sharper for millennials, up from 11.5 percent the month before and 10.9 percent in November 2012. As calculated by Generation Opportunity, a conservative-leaning millennial advocacy group, January saw the highest millennial unemployment rate since at least June 2012, when it was 12.8 percent."
And what would happen if there were no minimum wage? Too many manufacturers or industry would offer ridiculously low wages and say, "take it or leave it"... kinda like Walmart.
It's directly BECAUSE of greed and lacking ethics that this nation has lost most of its jobs to overseas nations... where minimum wage is whatever the company is willing to pay and there are no benefits... materials are cheaper and there's very little or no environmental regulation. The result is every bit of profit squeezed out and into the pockets of management and stock holders at the EXPENSE of the workers...without whom the company wouldn't earn a dime! (Which is why unions were formed in the first place... so workers could get a fair and safe shake at work!)
This idea that everything will balance out because of competition and whatnot is ludicrous. It might... but only if greed is removed from the equation and ethics brought back!
marshallz10: there is massive unemployment amongst the 18-25 set.
How did the minimum wage increases in 2007-2009 (and before that in 1997) drive unemployment for these kids 18-25?
Here is a link that might be useful: Minimum wage history
"No, $20 an hour should do it."
Yeah. And no whining allowed! Government gets to order whatever it wants, and businesses and taxpayers are expected to shut up, adapt their budgets, and comply.
Meanwhile, these same government "tough guys" (when issuing edicts that apply to somebody else) spent all last week whining because it was their turn to adapt their own budgets.
The last time I saw that much bedwetting, my kids were still in diapers.
Why don't you libs listen to your own economists?
"Many of my students assume that government protection is the only thing ensuring decent wages for most American workers. But basic economics shows that competition between employers for workers can be very effective at preventing businesses from misbehaving. If every other store in town is paying workers $9 an hour, one offering $8 will find it hard to hire anyone ��" perhaps not when unemployment is high, but certainly in normal times. Robust competition is a powerful force helping to ensure that workers are paid what they contribute to their employersâ bottom lines." --Christine Romer
"The unemployment rate for millennials (Americans aged 18 to 29) increased to 13.1 percent last month, according to the January jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor.
Overall unemployment rose slightly to 7.9 percent nationwide, but the increase was much sharper for millennials, up from 11.5 percent the month before and 10.9 percent in November 2012. As calculated by Generation Opportunity, a conservative-leaning millennial advocacy group, January saw the highest millennial unemployment rate since at least June 2012, when it was 12.8 percent."
I'm sorry, but I just can't find anywhere in the above quote, that the millennial unemployment rate was caused by the minimum wage. Perhaps someone is reading something into what was written there?
And, corno, your argument is trotted out in Washington State every time the minimum wage is raised to comport with the cost of living. And, guess what? No one loses their job because of it. Another scare tactic that frightens people who don't have a clue nor the wherewithal, evidently, to be able to find out the truth.
Remember, the key to keeping wages low is wide-open, unregulated immigration. I mean, you can find plenty of people from Bangladesh who'd double their wages if they were paid $10 a month. Open up a hostel, feed 'em rice, put 'em to work - charge them for the rice and bed.
Just like the robber barons used to do. Except they used the Irish, Italians, Scots, etc.
Governments(aka our collective will) have been setting wages for hundreds of years-it is not a new idea.
Perhaps what we need to do is to start making companies pay a special tax for using our roads and bridges and EMS services and our airways for communication and using our water and for that matter our air-it isnt theirs, it is ours because it is our country. You cant smelt without oxygen and why should it be free? We should be charging for it. If a company wants to pull our oil out of the ground then instead of paying them to do it maybe we ought to think about what makes it their oil-it isnt, its ours and I think they should pay for it. If we start charging business to use our resoures then we wouldn't have to talk wages.
There is nothing like setting a straw dog on fire and send it running down the road when your argument has developed serious leaks.
So true. cornopean - anything else to contribute on your original subject? How did raising minimum wages 4-6 years ago cause unemployment for people just now looking for jobs (18-25 years old)?
Your earlier question was: Do you deny that min wage laws increase unemployment among low level workers?
Now you say you're still waiting on: How come no one on here can give me a yes or no on the question of do min wage laws help low level workers?
I think those are two different questions. We have tried to answer the first one. Even the economist gave herself an out on that one in regards to time of high unemployment (which is what conservatives say we have now).
So for your new question, I think minimum wages do help low level workers because it provide a floor on wages that might not have existed before (e.g., Walmart paying people whatever they want simply because all the other employers have enough people).
Edited because I obviously misread the question!
This post was edited by esh_ga on Mon, Mar 4, 13 at 17:45
How come noone on here can give me a yes or no on the question of do min wage laws help low level workers?
based on a 40 hour work week, you're talking 40.00 a week per dollar that the Min Wage goes up, and that's BEFORE taxes. I think that we should start our young people off with $60 K a year minimum, complete with full health care, considering by the time they're out of high school, they'll most likely already have a couple of kids, and also paid vacation time and sick days. Also, part of Obamacare should be a rider that all employers should be mandated to supply each employee with a company car, gas account and expense card.
bill_vincent....newsflash, eventually you are going to run out of other people's money. seriously people. are we all in the 4th grade here? he just suggested that we guarantee every young person 60k a year. ha! I am an idiot. why didn't anyone think of this before?
Are you seriously reading our replies?
We have offered reasons and comments that are well thought out and articulated.
Romer herself admitted that in times of high unemployment it perhaps does not work:
If every other store in town is paying workers $9 an hour, one offering $8 will find it hard to hire anyone - " perhaps not when unemployment is high, but certainly in normal times.
Again, I ask YOU: are we in times of high unemployment?
She also says:
A related issue is whether some low-income workers will lose their jobs when businesses have to pay a higher minimum wage. ThereâÂÂs been a tremendous amount of research on this topic, and the bulk of the empirical analysis finds that the overall adverse employment effects are small.
Do you prefer her support for government payments instead of private firms increasing wages?
For example, the current tax system already subsidizes work by the poor via an earned-income tax credit. A low-income family with earned income gets a payment from the government that supplements its wages. This approach is very well targeted - " the subsidy goes only to poor families -" and could easily be made more generous.
So instead of private businesses funding increased wages, let's let your tax dollars give these people money.
And are you ok with the fact that she agrees with this:
What about the macroeconomic argument that is sometimes made for raising the minimum wage? Poorer people typically spend a larger fraction of their income than more affluent people. So if an increase in the minimum wage successfully redistributed some income to the poor, it could increase overall consumer spending -" which could stimulate employment and output growth.
Perhaps you prefer her conclusion:
SO where does all of this leave us? The economics of the minimum wage are complicated, and itâÂÂs far from obvious what an increase would accomplish. If a higher minimum wage were the only anti-poverty initiative available, I would support it. It helps some low-income workers, and the costs in terms of employment and inefficiency are likely small.
But she really just wants to spend YOUR money:
But we could do so much better if we were willing to spend some money. A more generous earned-income tax credit would provide more support for the working poor and would be pro-business at the same time.
I guess I am surprised you agree with her. But then maybe I just didn't understand where you were coming from.
I agree that a raise in the minimum wage is nothing more than a gratuity, as proposed, which is the reason for the SARCASM. I'm sorry you couldn't recognize it when you saw it. I even laid it on pretty thick. I guess thick is the operative word here. What I WAS saying is that I DO believe there should be a minimum wage. But raising it as proposed won't help anyone. The problem is that to raise it to the point that it WILL help would ruin the economy by causing companies to cut alot of jobs. Again, I apologize for your inability to recognize sarcasm when you see it.
From the beginning, it was evident to me that corn had not read Romer's article for content; perhaps was just parroting talking points produced by another source. I have issues with raising the minimum wage, preferring that States reserve the role of instituting changes.
First, whatâÂÂs the argument for having a minimum wage at all? Many of my students assume that government protection is the only thing ensuring decent wages for most American workers. But basic economics shows that competition between employers for workers can be very effective at preventing businesses from misbehaving. If every other store in town is paying workers $9 an hour, one offering $8 will find it hard to hire anyone " perhaps not when unemployment is high, but certainly in normal times.
Competition for relatively few qualified, hard working, dependable, top performing workers is why we've poached many workers from other businesses, hired many self employed workers and hired many workers that already had a job or two.
We don't always have to pay workers more money, however we offer them much better working conditions, more hours, incentives, chance for advancement, chance to acquire valuable skills/knowledge and other perks.
We've actually hired many workers that left higher paying jobs with poor working conditions.
One of my customers joked with me that if I weren't such a good customer that he'd ban me from entering his business as I've poached several of his best employees in the last few years alone.
His business is in an area with one of the highest unemployment rates in New York. Although there are hundreds of job seekers per job, finding qualified, hard working, dependable workers is a difficult task.
..... the chart below, taken from data compiled by the Federal Reserve of St. Louis. In the chart, the share of the national economy, or GDP, going to workersâ paychecks is in blue. The share of the economy that is going to after-tax corporate profits is in red. (Again, note that in this combined chart, the two statistics have separate scales.)
Here is a link that might be useful: And clearly, they can't possibly afford it
Although there are hundreds of job seekers per job, finding qualified, hard working, dependable workers is a difficult task.
That's the same no matter where you go in the country. I'm friends and stay in contact with contractors all over the country, and in fact, there's a long running thread on Linked In about this very subject, and that's ALL contractors and subs, not just tile.
One of our best warehouse workers ever was a 50 something female that weighed less than 100 pounds.
She used to do piece work in the mills and glove shops.
After culling out dozens/hundreds of job seekers, many warehouse workers we hire quit the first hours, day, days or week.
It's pretty common for workers to leave for lunch and never come back.
It is clear from the overall gist of the article that Romer opposes an increase in the min wage. can we agree on that?
I agree that Romer says that in times of high unemployment it perhaps does not work. but this does not mean that in times of high unemployment, Romer thinks the min wage law should be increased.
and no....I don't agree with support for government payments instead of private firms increasing wages. but that is a different discussion.
I guess I really feel like I don't need to reply to the rest of your observations. I agree with them all. I don't agree with Romer; I agree that Romer says what you say she says.
But my main objective in referencing this articles was to show that the liberal desire for a higher min wage is not something that even liberal economists support. I think I made that point successfully....no?
You made that point yes, but for the wrong reason.
Your point seemed to indicate that it hurts the very people it is supposed to help. Her point is actually that it is not a very effective approach compared to her preferred approach which is give out tax credits and tax refunds.
This libertarian thinks that raising the minimum wage is a wash because the cost of living for all goes up some but some receiving the raise are a bit better off for a time. With a fiat currency, the damage to the economy is greater through the workings of the Fed. Reserve on behalf of the world's financial sector than the meager wage gains by the lowest paid among us.
cornopean wrote,
Here's how I would call it:
Liberals think a higher min wage law would help the poor.
Romer thinks a higher min wage law would not help them.
I think a higher min wage law will hurt the poor.
What statement of Romer's leads you to characterize her opinion as being that a higher minimum wage would not help the poor? I would appreciate a direct quote from the article.
President Barack Obama wants to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 per hour. And the CEO of one of America's largest retailers says such a move would be good for workers and businesses alike. In fact, he says raise it even more.
On Tuesday, Costco CEO and President Craig Jelinek came out in support of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013, which aims to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour, then adjust it after that for inflation.
"At Costco, we know that paying employees good wages makes good sense for business," Jelinek said in a statement. "We pay a starting hourly wage of $11.50 in all states where we do business, and we are still able to keep our overhead costs low."
"An important reason for the success of CostcoâÂÂs business model is the attraction and retention of great employees," Jelinek added. "Instead of minimizing wages, we know it's a lot more profitable in the long term to minimize employee turnover and maximize employee productivity, commitment and loyalty. We support efforts to increase the federal minimum wage."
Costco has a reputation for paying its employees above market rate, with the typical worker earning around $45,000 in 2011, according to Fortune. Walmart-owned Sam's Club, in contrast, pays its sales associates an average of $17,486 per year, according to salary information website Glassdoor.com.
Costco also provides health insurance to a significantly larger percentage of its workers than does Walmart, the Harvard Business Review reported in 2006.
Jelinek's predecessor, Costco founder Jim Sinegal, has also expressed support for raising the federal minimum wage in the past. "The more people make, the better lives they're going to have and the better consumers they're going to be," Sinegal told the Washington Post in 2007. "It's going to provide better jobs and better wages."
Always glad to see someone in business come out with their support.
Here is a link that might be useful: source of course
Never trust big business. When they advise govt to do something, they are not consulting your best interests. they are consulting their own best interests. I suspect that a hike in the min wage would help Costco b/c the smaller mom & pop stores which they compete against cant pay the wages that Costco does. Just a guess.
But if you believe Costco has the best interests of low income workers in mind, then I have some ocean front property for sale in Kansas you might be interested in.....
Never trust big business.
Yet when those businesses come out and say that minimum wage shouldn't be raised and that they will have to fire people to deal with it and people will be worse off because fewer of them will be employed ... then you are quite content to take their word for it, it seems to me.
Costco is not "advising" that government do this, they are simply saying they support the proposal.
I am a libertarian and it is ANATHEMA to our political philosophy to ever allow big business (or small business) a voice in public policy (beyond, of course, the right to vote and lobby). That is why we are constantly fighting for a minimalist govt. When the govt cuts deals with businesses, you get disaster.
Liberals claim to like this kinda of thing but they really are just as much in bed with business as the GOP. Obama is constantly shelling out big grants to businesses he likes; e.g. Solyndra ,etc.
I don't want business to have a voice in public policy. But I would not presume to stop them from making this kind of statement. This is nothing more than what you call "the right to lobby".
To me, "lobbying" as defined today is much more a voice in public policy than this is. At least this way the entire population has a chance to see how they feel. When they lobby behind closed legislative doors, we don't always know what they did.


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The Vijayanagara rajas ruled a substantial part of the southern peninsula of India for over three hundred years, beginning in the mid-fourteenth century, and during this epoch the region was transformed from its medieval past towards a modern colonial future. Concentrating on the later sixteenth- and seventeenth-century history of Vijayanagara, Burton Stein details the pattern of rule established in this important and long-lived Hindu kingdom, which was followed by other, often smaller, kingdoms of peninsular India until the onset of colonialism. Through an analysis of the politics, society and economy, Stein addresses the central question of the extent to which Vijayanagara, as a medieval Hindu kingdom, can be viewed as a prototype of the polities and societies confronted by the British in the late eighteenth century. This work thus presents an understanding of one of the great medieval kingdoms of India, and a more general assessment of the nature of the state, society and culture on the eve of European colonial rule.
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"Burton Stein's comprehensive survey of the Vijayanagara empire incorporates and further refines many of his earlier and more detailed findings on the medieval history of the south. Indeed, Vijayanagara summarizes a lifetime's research and reflection on South Asian history and it has all the qualities of a single, sustained argument presented in a narrative form but nevertheless informing on and illuminating a whole range of analytical problems." K. N. Chaudhuri, Indian History "...thanks to his success in interweaving his analysis of 'structural changes' together with a narrative synopsis of political history, the potential audience has been expanded beyond the narrow circle of specialists to include anyone who desires an intelligent overall introduction to the period." Phillip B. Wagoner, Newsletter of the Society for South Indian Studies
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<%= form_for @student, :url => high_school_student_path(@high_school, @student), :html => { :multipart => true } do |f| %>
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