Stembridge cheerfully volunteers harrowing tales of people pocketing silver sugar tongs and helping themselves to the iPod docks available at reception.

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Commodities include everything from oil and gas, to gold and silver to coffee and the sugar you put in it.

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Topped with a crown made entirely from sugar, the cake reflects the Silver, Gold and Diamond Jubilees, the Royal Navy, the Army and Royal Air Force.

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In the 16 months since Bernanke assured us that QE1 would not jeopardize price stability, oats prices are up 40%, concentrated orange juice up 45%, gold and rice up 50%, corn up 55%, coffee up 60%, copper up 70%, sugar up 90%, and cotton and silver up 100%!

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Though comprised of little more than milk, eggs, sugar, leftover bread and a bit of jam, it holds its own as easily at a silver-and-crystal-laden gala as in the kitchen on Sunday night.

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