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First Helpings: Mushroom And Sage Stuffing Taste Testers

Elana Karp | Posted January 29, 2012

Read More: thanksgiving recipes, Mushroom And Sage Stuffing, Mushroom Recipes, Mushroom Stuffing, Sage Stuffing, Stuffing Recipes, Stuffing Taste Test

Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite holiday, and stuffing is one of my favorite parts of the day. I only eat it on this holiday, and I look forward to it all year. My recipe, a variation of my Grandma's classic, has the perfect texture -- mushy on the inside and...

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Pumpkin Bread

Jennifer Segal | Posted January 22, 2012

Read More: thanksgiving recipes, Holiday Recipes, Holidays, Pumpkin Bread, Pumpkin Bread Recipes, Pumpkin Recipes, Recipes, Thanksgiving

I've created and shared many recipes over the years, but if there's one that stands out as special, it would have to be this pumpkin bread.

It's an old family recipe that's been passed down through the generations. As a child, I remember...

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Does Coffee Size Matter?

Kathy Buckworth | Posted November 14, 2011

Read More: Bordeaux, Coffee, Coffee Size, Double Double, Espressos, France, Reflection, Slow Living, Supersize Me, Tim Hortons

Sitting in my hotel's dining room this morning in Bordeaux, France, watching residents drink impossibly small espressos, I likely gave an audible sigh of relief when my server offered me a large coffee. I'm not sure if it was my North American accent that tipped her off to the fact...

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The DOC (or DO or AOC): Nobody Does it Better

David J. Duman | Posted November 11, 2011

Read More: Aoc, Do, Doc, Wine, Wine Labeling, Wine Labels, Wine Regions

At a bad restaurant in Hollywood with an even worse wine list, I was having drinks with some non-wine business colleagues. When someone mentioned they really liked Viognier, I brought up how much I loved French Viognier from the Northern Rhone. A complaint came up about French wines and how...

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The 9 Best Birthday Cakes (and Cupcakes)

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted November 9, 2011

Read More: Birthday, Budget, Cake, Cupcakes, Food, Home Cooking

Now that it's September and we're not afeared of turning the ovens on, it's time to make cake for everyone we know. Seriously, birthdays seem so crazily clustered around the period from September to November we wondered what was happening nine months before...

And since all celebrations, not just birthdays,...

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New Orleans and the Whole Food Blogging Thing

Jamie Schler | Posted November 9, 2011

Read More: Food News, Food Blogging, Food Conference

Everyone, it seems, is jumping on the food blogging bandwagon: famous chefs and tv personalities, professional food writers, stylists and photographers. But most food bloggers are just plain, ordinary folk simply passionate about cooking, baking and eating. It begins small, posting the special, homey recipes passed down from generation to...

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Cooking With Ice and Fire

Adam Bruski | Posted November 8, 2011

Read More: Game Of Thrones, A Dance With Dragons, Cooking, Food From George Rr Martin, George Rr Martin, Recipes From Books, Song Of Fire And Ice

About two months ago, I leaned over the deli case and asked in a lower voice than one would typically use at a butcher shop, "Pete, any chance you can get me a swan? Unplucked if possible. I want to serve it in its plumage."

My butcher of 10...

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S'mores Gone Wild

Endless Simmer | Posted November 7, 2011

Read More: Chocolate, Dessert Recipes, Desserts, Marshmallows, Recipes, S'Mores, Slidepollajax

Ah, s'mores. That simple-but-perfect campfire treat that ranks as one of America's greatest food inventions. Gooey, crispy and chocolatey, they just couldn't get any better. Or could they?

We got pretty excited when we saw frozen s'mores on a stick at the Iowa State Fair and...

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Franglais: Crispy Fried Boursin Cheese Balls

Kerry Saretsky | Posted November 6, 2011

I was hungry and grumpy (when are those two ever seen apart?) at the Nice airport a few weeks ago. I couldn't find a McDonald's, so I figured it was time I tried the other fast food in France: Quick.

I scanned the menu for something different. I didn't come...

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One Woman's Disgusting Clam Is Another Man's Pleasure To Eat

Robert Rosenthal | Posted October 7, 2011

Read More: Clams, Eating, Food, Maine

It started with nibbling, munching, even licking every clam I could get my tongue on.

It was coastal Maine, America's very own heartland of clam, and I was on a clam bender.

In the midst of my mollusk frenzy, I took a moment to post an image to Facebook. It...

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