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Recipes
Recipe: Caramelized Apple-Pecan Cake
Recipe: from NYTimes Yield: 8 to 10 Servings Time: Total 1 hour Ingredients: 1 stick (4 ounces) soft unsalted butter 3/4 cup pecan halves 2 large tart apples, like Fuji, peeled, cored and sliced 1/2 cup flour 3/4 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon sal...
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Healthy Living
Substitute Red Meat For Fish And Poultry
It is interesting to note that lean beef has 43% fat, while the ideal body fat for men is between 15 and 22 %, and for women between 20 and 28 %. Unless you love and enjoy eating red meat, you can swap it for poultry and fish, even with the fattest f...
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Cooking 101
How To Cook Corn On The Cob
The best thing about learning how to cook corn on the cob is that you can put a platter of summery goodness on your table whenever sweet corn is available. The steps in learning how to cook corn on the cob are super simple and it really doesn’t...
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Restaurant Reviews
ad hoc restaurant – for temporary relief from hunger – Yountville, CA
It’s not even April and I’ve already had the most amazing dining experience for the year. Seriously, I don’t see how the rest of the year can compare to my recent surprise brunch at Thomas Keller’s newest dining diggs in Yount...
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Grocery Bag
Grocery Bag: December Strawberries in L.A.
If you see strawberries in the store, you’re gonna wonder what’s going on. I did think it was weird to see them in my local grocery store and didn’t think they would be good. Even though strawberry season is long gone, L.A. somehow ...
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Giveaways
Giveaway: Food Network: COOK OR BE COOKED Game for Wii
We have a brand new giveaway for all you food lovers and Wii owners out there! We are giving away 2 copies of Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked courtesy of Food Network and Namco Bandai Games. Just in time for the holidays, NAMCO BANDAI has teamed up w...
