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Lifestyle Stories from December 11, 2013 (Change date)

Lean and lovin' it: Sizing up gifts for the cooks on your list

By Don Mauer
Dec 12, 2013 5:09 am - With the holidays nearly upon us, many people find selecting gifts for folks who cook to as hard as an oak butcher block, especially if that giftee has been cooking for ...
Leaner Pumpkin Cornbread Muffins

Dec 11, 2013 4:45 am - ½ cup unsweetened, unflavored applesauce (organic preferred) Cooking spray ¾ cup granulated sugar 3 large eggs, beaten slightly 1 1/3 cups low-fat buttermilk 1 cup ...
Pastry book makes one sweet gift

By Deborah Pankey
Dec 12, 2013 5:09 am - After reading J.M. Hirsch's book recommendations for holiday gifting, I need to add one more to the list: “The Art of French Pastry” by Jacquy Pfeiffer. The much-anticip...
Aurora's Hopvine gets craft beers, pub grub just right

By Marty Cusack Daily Herald Correspondent
Dec 12, 2013 5:59 pm - Twenty years ago, you had maybe three or four places to get a wide selection of craft beers — even fewer if you wanted a spot that served up locally brewed ones. Since t...
How to brew up holiday cheer with craft beer

By Michael Felberbaum Associated Press
Dec 13, 2013 5:15 am - Gone are the days when only a bottle of wine — or maybe a bottle of the hard stuff — would suffice as a gift to bring your holiday party host. Today, craft beers have th...
Nigella Lawson: A brand blemished but unbowed

By J.M. Hirsch Associated Press
Dec 11, 2013 4:30 am - When celebrity chefs cut themselves, how much they bleed is a matter of brand. Case in point: this year’s messy public eruptions around two of the food world’s most powe...
'Nashville' soundtrack slick and solid

Associated Press
Dec 12, 2013 5:09 am - “The Music of Nashville: Original Soundtrack Season 2, Volume 1” (Big Machine Records) Like the rare, maybe mythical man who only reads Playboy for the articles, some mu...
Unusual number of Arctic snowy owls seen in U.S.

By Mary Esch, Associated Press
Dec 12, 2013 5:09 am - ALBANY, N.Y. — Snow-white owls with luminous yellow eyes are thrilling bird-watchers as the magnificent birds set up winter residence at airports, fields and beaches far...
Good wine: How to shop where you shop for wine

By Mary Ross
Dec 13, 2013 11:12 am - American wine lovers may be lifting glasses to more than the New Year come Dec. 31. If statistics hold true, 2013 will mark the 20th consecutive growth year in America's...

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