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A Holiday Cheese Plate
Posted by Heidi Woolever on Growers and Grocers.
Tired of making the same batch of Christmas cookies? An ideal food to bring to a holiday party this year is a cheese plate. Cheese is “in,” it is good for you, and as it continues to grow in popularity, its availability is skyrocketing. To really impress your family, […]
Germ Warfare: Give Your Immune System a Holiday Boost
Posted by Sarah LeMieux on Fit Fare.
Eggnog. Fruitcake. Stuffy noses. These are all fairly reliable signals that the holidays have arrived. Cold and flu season usually peaks right around holiday time, in late December, and a bunch of winter-related factors put our immune systems at a disadvantage. Stale, dried-out air, holiday stress, and overindulgence all […]
Healthy Treats to Put in the Lunchbox
Posted by Sarah Smee on Kids Cuisine.
Last week I introduced you to the wonder that is a Laptop Lunchbox. Those unique boxes are just begging for great things to fill them. Jennifer McCann at Vegan Lunch Box has taken on the challenge and come up with hundreds of recipes. She’s a “vegan activist who loves to cook […]
Beginning Baker - Grandma’s Bread
Posted by Curt McAdams on Just Baking.
I’m a little stalled right now in my pursuit of artisanal breads. The reason isn’t that I’m no longer interested or even that I’m not baking… It’s that the holiday season has started.
Why would the holiday season distract me from trying to make the perfect French country bread? Easy… […]
Vanilla Vodka and Mixed Nuts
Posted by Brenda Pederson on The Spirit World.
When I originally put this post topic on the calendar I had no idea that Seattle would be covered in snow today but it is so fitting! Even last night although the snow was supposed to turn to rain it didn’t - at least not at my house. […]
Essential Baking Tools
Posted by Candace Grahl on Just Baking.
Two weeks ago I did an article on must-have ingredients for baking. Today I’m going to cover a few of the tools you’ll need when baking even the most simple desserts. A lot of these items can be on the pricey side, however making sure you buy durable, quality […]
Diary of a Loser: Week 4
Posted by Sarah Caron on Fit Fare.
This is part of a continuing series on one woman’s battle with weightloss. Click here to see past entries.
Victory.
Victory is losing one pound during the week of Thanksgiving, despite all the food, leftovers, and desserts eaten for breakfast. Victory is planning your meals for the day and then sticking […]
My Perfect Thermometer
Posted by Matt Fisher on The Cook’s Kitchen.
I can’t tell you how many thermometers I’ve gone through trying to find one that will be reliable for all of my needs. I’ve just about given up on the remote thermometers that supposedly let you walk away and wait for the alarm to tell you that your […]
The Cincinatti Trifecta
Posted by Curt McAdams on Well Fed On the Town.
Over the last, oh, 25 years, restaurants have become less regional. What used to be hard to find in one area of the country is now everywhere. When I was a kid, the only Mexican you could find in Ohio was Taco Bell… Now, there are […]
Wine Flour, Vine Power!
Posted by Freya Erickson on Just Baking.The French are charmingly smug about their devotion to red wine, Gitanes and food cooked in goose fat. A study of 34,000 Frenchmen, conducted in 1997, indicated that a glass or two or red wine each day reduced mortality rates by a startling 30%. This is despite heavy consumption […]
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