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Foodstuff: Ever tuck into a plate of Pasta Primavera and wonder how long people have been eating this stuff? Peas and carrots have been known since 3000 BC, pasta’s been around since Marco Polo brought it to Europe, and tomatoes only crossed the ocean in 1544. But according to The Food Timeline, the vegetable and pasta dish was first cooked up by an American restauranteur in 1975. The Food Timeline traces the history of eatin’ all the way back to the discovery that fish are edible to the development of Jelly Bellies and Buffalo Wings. Explore meals past at www.gti.net/mocolib1/kid/food.html.

Looney: On the coat-tails of TV Guide’s top 50 cartoon characters of all-time, here’s some brand-new toonage from Warner Brothers, created specially for the Web, starring Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny and their pals. Okay, they’re not very good, and look like something from a vaguely incoherent Saturday morning show, but hey, the games aren’t bad. Toon in at http://looneytunes.warnerbros.com/web/toons/ : - Michael Citrome

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