Don Mauer
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Treasures to be found on every page of new edition of classic cookbookJan 09, 2019 5:00 am - If you could check your grandmother's kitchen bookshelf today, I'll bet you'd find an old, stained, dog-eared copy of the first edition of the "Better Homes and Garden N...
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Holiday gifts ideas for food lovers and those who love to cookDec 10, 2018 10:00 pm - Selecting holiday gifts seems to get more difficult every year and this year's no exception. When it comes to cooking, keeping a gift under $50 is a trick even Santa's e...
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Timely reminder on skirting the dreaded holiday weight gainNov 27, 2018 5:00 am - This column first published on Nov. 17, 2004. It's safe to say, with the food-centered holidays upon us; this is a message worth repeating. Don has made some ingredient ...
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Butterfly, dry brine are methods for moist, memorable turkeyNov 14, 2018 5:00 am - This year, if you're going to buy what I call a “sale-turkey” (you know, the ones that range from $0.49 to $0.99 a pound) that's already been pumped-up with some salty l...
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KitchenWise: Serve Grape and Cranberry Crisp at ThanksgivingNov 13, 2018 10:00 pm - For many of us, the menu for Thanksgiving is etched in stone. We eat the same dishes every year because we love every one of them. But what about switching it up a littl...
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Making sense of glucose, fructose and dextrose, oh, myOct 31, 2018 6:00 am - A Time magazine headline from April 21, 2009, reads: "All Sugars Aren't the Same: Glucose Is Better, Study Says." That article stated consuming too much fructose (table ...
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Column's anniversary calls for celebratory baby back ribsOct 17, 2018 6:00 am - Slightly more than 26 years ago this column first began appearing in the Daily Herald. That first column was about trying to make a fat-free hot dog taste like the hot d...
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Keep a weakness for casserole alive with an ingredient upgradeSep 26, 2018 6:00 am - Locating solid sources for all grass-fed, grass-finished ground beef got me hankering for a scratch-made casserole, one without artificial ingredients, chemicals with di...
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Cauliflower casserole gives off that great pizza vibeSep 11, 2018 11:00 pm - Cruising the web for recipes is a normal pastime for me. There are several sites I regularly visit for new recipes since they are very reliable (like epicurious.com). T...
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Chocolate pudding reimagined in the health department all without cookingAug 27, 2018 11:00 pm - In the more than 25 years I've been writing this column the diet world has turned upside-down. Here's how. When this column began in 1992 low-fat food plans were hot; wh...