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Tapas to toast a 21-year-old's big birthday
One of my kids just turned 21, which for obvious reasons is a big birthday, and since it’s her first night home from college since the actual birthday, I am making a dinner for her. These days, she doesn’t eat carbs, so that eliminates many old standbys of mine, like risotto, ...
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If making the turkey, sides and stuffing have you feeling a little overwhelmed, maybe this is the year to make it easy on yourself and buy dessert. One of the best pumpkin pies we sampled this fall came from the French bistro Benoit, which bakes a superb pumpkin tarte. The chef, Pierre ...
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Yo Gabba Gabba - live on stage, and with life-sized veggies in tow
What happens when Dinasaur Jr. and Biz Markie share a show with a carrot and a green bean? When my four-year-old daughter Mia and three-year-old grandson Dominic saw them all in a live show over the weekend, let’s just say that both the music stars and the vegetable stars made an ...
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Can't find pumpkin? Sweet potatoes are a suitable substitute
Can it be true? A canned pumpkin shortage just in time for the biggest pie holiday of the year? Shockingly enough, the parent company of Libby’s Pumpkin (Nestle) says there might not be enough to go around this Thanksgiving. “Our calculations indicate that we may deplete ...
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Baking basic white bread for relaxation
Yesterday I gave you half of the recipe for what I feel is a fabulous white bread. And while it’s a long recipe to tackle, bread baking is a cooking project that is downright therapeutic. Bread is forgiving, unlike cakes and pastries. It’s fun and fascinating to work with dough. It ...
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Homemade white bread that's worth the time and effort
Homemade bread is one project that I rarely tackle because it’s so labor intensive. But I love the recipes of Nancy Baggett, author of “Kneadlessly Simple: Fabulous, Fuss-Free, No-Knead Breads” for their ease of preparation and foolproof results. Nancy’s written a new ...
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Magnolia Bakery's sweet ode to the Rockettes
Christmas can’t be far off: The Rockettes are now kicking up their heels at Radio City Music Hall again, and as anyone who’s gone to the Christmas show can attest, this is one of the most festive ways in town to get into the holiday spirit. This is also the time of year ...
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Picky kids in England have something to be picky about
Do you feel like you rotate the same predictable dishes, week after week after week? Same at my house. So it was enlightening to learn that it’s the same dinner deal in England. Researchers there found that nine in ten moms say they cook the same meals over and over, and one in four make ...
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Pumpkin and vodka (?) paired in a great dessert
Using booze in desserts is a useful trick for cooks who want to impress guests but don’t have much time. The easiest alcohol-flavored dessert ever is ice cream with Kahlua or Chambord poured over it, possibly topped with some chopped nuts (Kahlua) or fresh berries (Chambord).  ...
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Comfort for the cook and the eaters: macaroni and cheese
Macaroni and cheese is unofficially known as “comfort food,” and most people think this is because it reminds us of when we were little and life was as uncomplicated as a bowl of butter and cheese-laced pasta. The real reason for its “comfort food” designation? ...
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Consider a pumpkin chocolate brownie for Thanksgiving dessert
No butter, cream or milk? You may wonder if vegan cookies are even worth eating. A taste of the offerings in a new book by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero, entitled “Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar,” may make you realize that dairy-free sweets are indeed worth the ...
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Squeezing all the vitamins out of your veggies
Do you feel virtuous and even subliminally healthier when you serve vegetables at dinner? I know when I throw a box of frozen corn or peas into the microwave, the meal seems more complete, and the instant rice (brown takes 45 minutes and I got home too late to make it) doesn’t shout ...
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Cooking with cranberry juice? One bacon-centric appetizer to try
Having just exhausted my supply of frozen cranberries, I’m glad that I can replenish my stash this month. Usually by December, I have bags of berries stacked in my freezer so I can eat cranberry bread in July or whenever it sounds appealing. I love sprinkling cranberries into ...
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It's a good thing that Kellogg's is revamping its Cocoa Krispies label
For me, it was always a stretch to imagine that if your kid ate a bowl of Cocoa Krispies, she was getting protection against swine flu. Yet right on the Kellogg’s label, there was the declaration: “Now helps support your child’s immunity.” I’m sure most parents ...
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Bring it on: A chocolate that works as a wrinkle reducer
Most nutrition studies are so, well, disheartening. They exhort us to eat less sugar, salt and fat, or to drink less alcohol, or to consume more vegetables. But I really like the research study that was in the Daily Mail today, which tells us that a daily “dose” of dark chocolate ...
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Happy anniversary to "Sesame Street" and here's to its new cookbook
nydailynews.com — It’s Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary and what better way to celebrate than with a new cookbook. No,... it’s not only about cookies! In fact, it’s filled with fairly healthy recipes and cooking tips, too. Your toddler, and your inner child, will find plenty to love about ... (more) Happy anniversary to "Sesame Street" and here's to its ...
Small pleasures to savor on a "vacation" day
Today was a vacation day for me and I spent the first half at the DMV with my 16-year-old, who is now the proud owner of a driver’s permit. Next, it was on to the post office to pick up a friend’s mail (for the record, I spent 25 minutes in line.) My final stop of the day was the ...
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Turning leftover Halloween treats into freezable cookies
With Halloween over, I’ve been hiding candy in places that are way above the eye level of a four-year-old (but well within the reach of a chocolate loving mother.) Since Saturday night’s rain meant that we didn’t get as many trick or treaters as possible, I have quite a stash ...
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