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Chocolate in Every Savory Bite

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 12.29.2009 | New York

Read More: Home Cooking, Vegetarian, Black Beans, Recipes, Healthful Eating, Cooking, Vegan, Rice and Beans, Gourmet Magazine, New York News
Big Girls, Small Kitchen

When you're sick of all the rich holiday food, try this simple, healthful, and colorful dinner for relief: Dark Black Beans with Yellow Rice, Green Avocado, and Orange Sweet Potatoes.

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Americans Love Microwaves -- But are they Safe?

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 12.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Microwave Use, Home Cooking, Microwave Ovens, Green News, Convenient Cooking, Cooking, Fast Food, Microwaves, Convenience Food, Microwave Food, Saving Money, Home-Cooked Meals, Recession, Stovetop Cooking, Microwave Safety, Green News
Robyn Griggs Lawrence

With the economy still in recession, more American families are eating at home rather than eating out, but most aren't making hearty, traditional meals on the stovetop or in the oven. They're nuking.

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The Perfect Holiday Dinner

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 12.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Home Cooking, Holiday Season, Food Network, Recipes, Barefoot Contessa, New York, Ina Garten, Family Dinners, New York News
Big Girls, Small Kitchen

I'm always impressed by how elegant and beautiful Ina Garten's tablescapes look on her show (and in person). As quarter-life cooks, we don't usually think about the table first.

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A Delicious Analysis of Veggie Burgers

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 12.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Home Cooking, Vegetarian, Recipes, Cooking, Restaurants, Vegan, Burgers, Veggie Burger, Cafe Colonial, Lower East Side, New York News
Big Girls, Small Kitchen

When the patties I ordered at Cafe Colonial arrived, I took one bite of them and was reminded in both taste and texture of these Sweet Potato Black Bean Burgers.

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The Meat-Eaters Guide to Eating Less Meat

Susie Middleton | Posted 12.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Eggs, Home Cooking, Impact-of-Meat-Eating, Nicolette-Hahn-Niman, Vegetarian, Animal Welfare, Cooking, Local Eating, Vegetables, Factory Farms, Small Farmers, Family Farming, Diet, Meat, Shellfish, Meat Labeling, Green News
Susie Middleton

Secretly, I could live on chocolate and coffee. But don't tell anyone, since I make my living writing about vegetables. And my darkest secret is this: My favorite thing in the whole world is (or was) chicken pan drippings.

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HuffPost Readers' Local Food Dishes (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Grass-Fed, Home Cooking, No Impact Week, Green Living, Local Food, Farmers Markets, Slidepoll, Green News

One part of No Impact Week last week was to focus on eating local, sustainable and/or organic food in order to be conscious of the eco-footprint of wh...

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10 Things We Should Teach Every Kid About Food

Rob Smart | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Farms, Consumer Food Expenditures, Fast Food, Cooking, Children, Farmers, Education, Food, Food Retail, Community, Schools, Home Cooking, Gmo, Innovation, School, Pro Food, Eating, Industrial Food, Sustainable, Organic, Curriculum, School Lunch, Food Marketing, Green News
Rob Smart

We must find creative ways to reintroduce food in its broadest sense to children's everyday activities, starting with school, in order to close the knowledge gap between farm and plate.

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50 Ways To Never Waste Food Again

planetgreen.discovery.com | Colleen Vanderlinden | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Home Cooking, Compost, Composting, Food, Sustainability, Pickling, Green Living, Food Waste, Reducing Waste, Green News

With a little creativity, and an eye toward vanquishing waste in our lives, we can make use of more of our food before it goes to waste....

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Yams vs. Sweet Potatoes

One For The Table | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Sweet-Potatoes-vs-Yams, Home Cooking, First Love, Living News
One For The Table

I fell in love on February 1, 2009. Two days later we got into our first and only fight. About root vegetables, specifically yams.

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Home Cooking R.I.P.

Joanne Wallenstein | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Home Cooking, Conde Nast, Epicurious, Cooking, Sheila Lukins, The Silver Palate, The Joy of Cooking, Food Blogging, Gourmet Magazine, Living News
Joanne Wallenstein

It's been a tough month for cooks. First I learned that Sheila Lukins, beloved creator of The Silver Palate, had died. Then I learned that Conde Nast was folding Gourmet.

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How To Can And Preserve For Winter (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Slidepoll, Home Cooking, Canning, Organic Food, Fruit, Summer, Veggies, Vegetables, Canned Fruit, Canned Veggies, Diy Green, Eating Healthy, Peaches, Basil, Farmers Market, Farm, Tomatoes, Green Living, Food, Green News

Farm-fresh fruits and veggies make the summer scrumptious. So keep the summer flavors coming all winter with these delicious canning videos. Make sure...

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Seeing Through the Food Industry's "Personal Responsibility" Smoke Screen

Rob Smart | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Consumer Food Expenditures, Retail, Conventional Food, Personal Responsibility, Family, Cooking, Food, Food Retail, Community, Home Cooking, Business, Innovation, Food Preparation, Triple Bottom Line, Pro Food, Eating, Industrial Food, Sustainable, Supermarkets, Food Marketing, Local, Consumers, Real Food, Grocery Prices, Walmart, Unhealthy Food, Food Politics, Cheap Groceries, Healthy Food, Healthy Eating, Cargill, General Mills, Food Policy, Family-Meal-Time, Healthy Eating Habits, Grocery Shopping, Family Meals, Unhealthy Eating, Local Food, The-Food-Revolution, Grocery Stores, Green News
Rob Smart

"Personal responsibility" is used as a smoke screen to cover the tracks of industrial food, tracks that run roughshod over the mirage of choice and personal responsibility.

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How Important Is Cooking In Keeping the Marriage Flame Burning?

Jill Brooke | Posted 09.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Nora-Ephron, Julie & Julia, Thomas Wolfe, Garrison Keillor, Marriage, Home Cooking, Relationships, Cooking, Relationships Cooking, Living News
Jill Brooke

Instead of consulting the Kama Sutra, I leaf through Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa and my husband is served something hot and steamy.

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The Last Chinese Chef

One For The Table | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Nicole-Mones, The Last Chinese Chef, Chinese Cooking, Chefs, Gourmet Cooking, Home Cooking, Beach-Reading, Cooking Recipes, Cooking, Chinese Culture, China-Mao, Mao, Chinese Food, Chick Lit, Living News
One For The Table

As I prefer a well-prepared meal with beautiful, whole ingredients, I prefer a well-written book with beautiful, thoughtful ideas. After consuming either of these, I am well nourished.

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A Letter From A Fan

Laura Trice | Posted 12.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Iraq, Food, Healthy Food, Junk Food, Home Cooking, Food Choices, Iraw War, Nutrition, Fresh Food, Iraq Military, Care-Packages, Health Food, Living News
Laura Trice

I recently received a care package that contained your Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bite-lettes. I had never had them before and they are such a welcome treat!

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Small Good News: Cooking Up An Answer To Corporate Cuisine

Karen Stabiner | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Julia Child, Home Cooking, New York Times, Michael Pollan, Julie and Julia, Food Network, The Balanced Life, Living News
Karen Stabiner

The ability to cook gives me options that non-cooks don't have, and what is autonomy about, if not having options?

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Preserving the Dying Art of Cooking (and Other Things I Do Because I Know in My Heart They're Important)

Jerusha Klemperer | Posted 08.17.2009 | Style

Read More: Pesticides, Home Cooking, Polaroid, Gmos, Biodiversity, Apples, Monsanto, Not-Eating-Out-in-New-York, Style News
Jerusha Klemperer

Cooking for ourselves is something people did for hundreds and hundreds of years and now we don't do it. The loss of this in our culture strikes me as profound.

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The Hidden Calories Of Home Cooking

AP | J.M. HIRSCH | Posted 03.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Joy of Cooking Calorie Counts, Home Cooking, Diet, Recipes, Personal Health, Cooking, Living News

CONCORD, N.H. — Eating at home can save you some cash, but beware the calorie cost. Though restaurants often take the blame for portion distort...

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Eggplant Parm is not Just for Vegetarians

Nancy Cavillones | Posted 02.27.2009 | Style

Read More: Eggplant, Vegetarian, Recipe, Home Cooking, Cooking Recipes, Recipes, Cooking, Egglant Parmesan, Food, Cooking Tips, Eggplant Parm, Style News
Nancy Cavillones

Don't go out and buy pre-breaded, frozen eggplant slices, slap some cheese and sauce on it, then serve it up. You can do better than that. Much better. Here's a recipe for you.

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Nothing Says Home for the Holidays Like Take-Out

Marilyn M. Machlowitz | Posted 12.27.2008 | Style

Read More: Home Cooking, Holiday Foods, Cooking, Traditional Holiday Foods, Baking, Take Out, Food TV Network, Food, Chinese Takeout, Parenting, Baked Goods, Style News
Marilyn M. Machlowitz

Home-cooking may be on its way to becoming an oxymoron. It may only be Baby Boomers like me who still feel a smidge of guilt at not doing it all ourselves.

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Once in Love with Laurie (Always in Love with Laurie)

Elissa Altman | Posted 12.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Manhattan Subway, Laurie Colwin, Food, Home Cooking, Knopf, Cookbooks, Harpercollns, Irt, Living News
Elissa Altman

Day after day, night after night, I schlepped along Laurie Colwin's Home Cookin in my bag, and if I found myself stuck on the Number 6 Local, I'd take it out, read it, and laugh.

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10 Ways to Go Green and Save Cash -- No Excuses

Maura Judkis | Posted 11.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Money, Bicycling, Green Living, Saving Money, Consumer Spending, Locavore, Recession, Flexitarianism, Slow Food, Home Cooking, Freeganism, Utility Costs, Freecycle, Save Money, Personal Finance, Ways to Save Gas, Money Saving, Green News
Maura Judkis

Right now, consumers across the country are looking for ways to cut back. Luckily, some of the best ways to save money are also simple steps toward living a little greener.

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Complicated Times and the Beauty of Simplicity: A Week with David Tanis

Elissa Altman | Posted 10.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Home Cooking, Slow Food, A Platter of Figs, David Tanis, Chez Panisse, Food, Judy Rodgers, Alice Waters, Deborah Madison, Sarah Palin, The Art of Simple Food, Living News
Elissa Altman

Every year around this time, my partner and I pack up the car with too many books, cooking tools, and our very large dog, and we head north to centra...

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