Food
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NJ festival lets you eat, drink, floss with baconFeb 11, 2014 12:01 am - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Get ready for bacon like you've never eaten, drunk or worn it before. Bacon milkshakes. Chocolate-covered bacon shaped like roses. Bacon-flavored t...
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4-H holds favorite foods contest in Arlington Hts.Feb 10, 2014 10:00 pm - Enticing aromas filled the corridor outside the foods lab of Thomas Middle School on Feb. 1, as 4-H members from Cook County competed in the annual Favorite Foods Contes...
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Dark Chocolate BrowniesFeb 10, 2014 3:30 pm - ½ cup unsalted butter 1 cup sugar ¼ cup light brown sugar, packed ⅔ cup cocoa powder (recommend Callebaut CP 776) ½ teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons coffee liqueur 2 large egg...
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Baking Secrets: Dark cocoa powder holds key to decadent browniesFeb 10, 2014 3:30 pm - Chocolate desserts have come a long way since I first tried my hand baking from-scratch brownies in the early 1970s. That original recipe relied upon a few tablespoons o...
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Bordeaux Cup cultivating wine collectors of tomorrowFeb 07, 2014 5:00 am - Snow fell furiously outside as 27 young oenophiles swirled, sniffed and sipped fine Bordeaux. They huddled in teams of three to discuss the wines — not to appreciate the...
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Gins are turning up in darker shadesFeb 07, 2014 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — If you spend time in liquor stores — as I do, even when they call and beg my family to come for me — you’ll have noticed that more and more gins seem to be ...
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Healthy haddock that doesn’t taste healthyFeb 05, 2014 2:33 pm - Associated Press We all know that baked white fish is a fast and healthy way to get dinner on the table, particular during this annual time of dietary vow renewal. What ...
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Intrepid cooks try working magic with military rationsFeb 05, 2014 1:03 pm - WASHINGTON — Amateur chef John Crist reached into the box and blindly pulled out his secret ingredients — two Department of Defense field rations, otherwise known as “Me...
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Baked Haddock with Pineapple-Mint SalsaFeb 05, 2014 10:30 am - 1¼ pounds haddock fillets Olive oil Kosher salt and ground black pepper 1 pound fresh pineapple flesh, cut into chunks 1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and chopped 1 medium red...
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From sweet to sassy, a valentine wine selectionFeb 05, 2014 9:00 am - All wine pairs well with romance. But some bottles really wear their hearts on their labels. Whether you're interested in the Birds & bees sweet red wine or want to cut ...