Don Mauer
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What I learned along the way to being lean and lovin' itOct 11, 2017 5:00 am -
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A study in old-school bread baking at homeSep 27, 2017 6:00 am - Ever hear of transglutaminase? Do you know what BHT stands for and what it does? Here's a hint: both could have been in the whole-grain wheat bread you had this morning ...
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Doctor turns tables on what's good food vs. what's not so goodSep 12, 2017 6:00 am - How strongly I've believed in whole-grain, whole-wheat bread and brown rice began with Dr. Mauer, my grandmother. I loved staying at her house and waking-up to her Grand...
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A bean salad without the added sugar still a sweet treatAug 23, 2017 6:00 am - When is a net weight not a net weight? Or, how to make 7.3 ounces seem like 14.5. Here's my story. Friends invited us over for a summer dinner where they would do most o...
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Don Mauer has to invent a new word to describe this chickenAug 09, 2017 5:55 am - The idea of "oven-fried" chicken has been around for decades. When low-fat food plans were the thing, many folks created recipes for oven-frying chicken breasts. Most "o...
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A no-bake cheesecake to match the weather forecastJul 25, 2017 6:00 am - No surprise, it's summer. And, no shocker, it's hot. When it's a hot summer, at the end of a special summertime meal, I want an easy-to-make, cool dessert for my guests ...
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Sweet home Chicago-style deep dish you can make yourselfJul 12, 2017 6:01 am - Who doesn't love hot-out-of-the-oven pizza? My favorite is a cracker crisp, thin-crust pizza, followed closely by virtually the opposite; Chicago-style deep dish pizza. ...
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Core concepts in new cookbook aim to teach elements of good cookingJun 28, 2017 6:00 am - Who is the interestingly named Samin Nosrat and why should you consider buying her new cookbook: “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking”? Nosrat,...
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After years of poor beefsteak yield, cherry tomato crop overflowsJun 07, 2017 6:00 am - Plump, sun-warmed, bright red or golden, sweet and delicious, right-from-the-garden tomatoes scream s-u-m-m-e-r. There's no way that out-of-season, greenhouse-grown toma...
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Why an egg salad sandwich means summer and how to make it healthierMay 24, 2017 6:00 am - Since my childhood, there's one sandwich that says summer to me more than any other: an egg salad sandwich. Egg salad sandwiches, especially toasted, are not easy to eat...