Food
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Cooks of the Week: Local bakers compete in TV reality seriesMay 28, 2013 6:00 am - Updated for show's correct day and date. When American Baking Competition premieres at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, on CBS, suburbanites just might recognize a couple of ...
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Apple StrudelMay 28, 2013 6:00 am - 1 stick butter, divided 5 Granny Smith apples peeled and diced 1/3 cup sugar 1/3 brown sugar 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar Ground cinnamon and nutmeg, to taste Pinc...
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Shrimp Pasta PrimaveraMay 28, 2013 6:00 am - 12 ounces fettuccine 5 tablespoons butter, divided ½ cup finely chopped onion 3 garlic cloves, minced 1½ pounds cooked large shrimp 1½ cups whipping cream 2/3 cup ...
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Quick Puff PastryMay 28, 2013 6:00 am - 1¼ cups all-purpose flour ¾ cup cake flour ¼ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar ½ pound butter, diced ½ cup water Stir together fours, salt and sugar in the bowl of a stand ...
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Chocolate Caramel DelightsMay 28, 2013 6:00 am - ½ cup butter, softened ½ cup sugar 2 squares (1 ounce each) semisweet chocolate, melted 1 egg yolk 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1¼ cup all-purpose flour ¼ teasp...
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Soupalooza: Cold pea soup you'll eat all upMay 27, 2013 6:00 am - OK, OK, so I know what you're thinking. Chilled cream of snap pea soup? Really? Creamed cold pea soup with Marmite? Has Soupalooza gone mad? Well, how about we give it a...
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Mangetout SoupMay 27, 2013 6:00 am - 8 ounces sugar peas 1 medium onion 1 small potato 1 ounce butter 2½ cups vegetable stock 1¼ cups milk Salt and pepper to taste 1 teaspoon Marmite, or more to taste Trim ...
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Spam unfairly gets a bad rapMay 27, 2013 5:43 am - SEATTLE — On a recent cross-country road trip, I visited the Hormel Foods factory and neighboring Spam Museum in Austin, Minn. The air surrounding the factory smells jus...
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Shandies add new depth to beer businessMay 27, 2013 5:16 am - “I thought I was through with beer,” confessed Alan Newman. The flamboyant founder of Vermont’s Magic Hat Brewing, known for his floral-print shirts, op-art labels and e...
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McDonald’s overhauling, streamlining menuMay 27, 2013 5:16 am - The Angus burger is going away, and it may not be the only McDonald’s dish on the chopping block. The world’s largest restaurant chain has also considered axing Caesar s...