Laura Bianchi
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Niels Heemskerk makes Indonesian Fried RiceNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Most weekdays at 2 p.m. Deb Heemskerk phones her husband Niels and asks, "What's for dinner?" The two discuss that vital question in general terms - fish or chicken? - a...
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Cindy Boles makes shepherd's pieOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Don't call Cindy Boles on a Saturday when she's elbow-deep in a daylong cooking marathon. Like an athlete with an eye toward the finish line, Cindy likes to focus on her...
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Nancy Smith makes Crunchy Honey-Mustard TilapiaOct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - What should you do when a dozen cordial glasses appear on your front porch one morning, lined up next to the daily newspaper? Throw a cordial party, of course, with fanc...
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Karen Goettsche makes spicy sausage dipOct 13, 2009 11:00 pm - In a neat stack, piled in front of her on the kitchen table, Karen Goettsche is showing me years of dinner party menus filed alphabetically by guest. Goodness knows, she...
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Toni Bugay makes pumpkin bars with cream cheese frostingOct 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Some people might call it an obsession. Toni Bugay protests that baking is just a hobby, but we'll let you be the judge. The evidence? Exhibit one: Three shelves in her...
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Kyle Turriff makes grilled pork chopsSep 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Confident and free-wheeling in the kitchen, 23-year-old Kyle Turriff likes nothing better than spoiling friends and family with his eclectic culinary endeavors. Graduate...
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Karen Baker makes Mexican StacksSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - The "bunco babes" call Karen Baker "Mother Bunco" for organizing this dice-rolling, appetizer-munching, cocktail-sipping group eight years ago. "I gathered my closest fr...
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Kaili Harding makes fried green tomatoesSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - In the traditional, small Southern community of Cedar Town, Ga., vegetarianism hasn't really caught fire, so Kaili Harding was just a little different as a kid. At the a...
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Barbara Riebe makes seafood crepes with mornay sauceSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Eat and run? No way. Not if Barbara Riebe invites you over for a dinner party. With a multicourse, theme-based dinner on the menu Barbara sets a leisurely pace with sev...
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Debbie Lowen makes eggplant parmesanSep 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Debbie Lowen lives dangerously close to upscale cookware giant Williams-Sonoma and Home Goods, both in Algonquin, and it wouldn't take a CSI team to find the evidence. A...