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=== Various === * ''[[The Joy of Cooking]]'' (first edition 1931) uses the word "Cockaigne" to indicate that the recipe was a favorite of the authors' parents. * A ski resort in [[Cherry Creek, New York]] bore the name Cockaigne until its 2011 closure.<ref>{{cite news|last=Emke |first=Dave |title=Trying To Regroup: Ski Center Owners Look To Future After Fire Destroys Lodge |newspaper=[[The Post-Journal]] |date=2011-01-26 |url=http://www.post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/578606/Trying-To-Regroup.html |access-date=2014-02-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222171537/http://www.post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/578606/Trying-To-Regroup.html |archive-date=2014-02-22 }}</ref> New ownership announced the resort would reopen in December 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cockaigne resort in western New York plans mid-December opening |date=26 November 2019 |url=https://www.cleveland.com/business/2019/11/cockaigne-resort-in-western-new-york-plans-mid-december-opening.html |access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref> * [[Nick Bostrom]] discusses Cockaigne as an example of the simplest type of utopia, that of endless material abundance, in the philosophy book ''Deep Utopia''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cuthbertson |first=Anthony |date=April 20, 2024 |title=AI and the meaning of life: Philosopher Nick Bostrom says technology could bring utopia but will force us to rethink our purpose |url=https://www.the-independent.com/tech/ai-deep-utopia-nick-bostrom-cockaigne-b2530807.html |website=The Independent}}</ref>
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