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  • Friends organize cancer benefit for their favorite cook, Rita Johnson Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 3:45PMThis month's guest in our kitchen is Rita (Sacia) Johnson, described by a very proud sister, Laurie Jaszewski, as "the best cook I know."
  • Use up those grilled leftovers Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 7:41AMIf, after the fireworks and barbecues, you're left with a bunch of brats and burgers, don't waste them, transform them. Grilled leftovers are a perfect starting point for your next meal.
  • Cook's Exchange: Love the veggies, not the garden Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 5:53PMSay “snake,” and I’m gone. Am I afraid of them? Does it snow in Alaska? Ophidiophobic, that’s me.
  • Try these recipes with your veggies Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 5:27PMKeeping it fresh in the kitchen is as easy a turning on the burner, broiler or grill.
  • Sask. cream cheese recipe in national finals Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 9:43PMPairing her passion for food and video, Regina’s Mandy Cmoc has cooked her way into the finals for the Real Women of Philadelphia contest, hosted by Food Network chef Anna Olson. She’s one of 16 creative cooks from across Canada who will participate in a cook-off in Toronto in July, vying for the chance to be one of four hosts of the www.realwomenofphiladelphia.ca[[[SHIFTIN ...
  • Reader Exchange: Anadama bread recipes differ significantly Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 10:08AMToday we are back to Anadama bread recipes, this being the third installment of recipes in response to a request from Verna Baltz.
  • VIDEO: Norristown cookbook offers local recipes Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 1:48AMNORRISTOWN — Throw in two parts inspiration and two parts dedication, mix them all together and you get "Recipes and Remembrances," Norristown's newest cookbook published in honor of the municipality's 200th anniversary.
  • Reader Exchange: Just try to top cherry pie cake Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 7:43AMWe are taking a one-week hiatus from Anadama bread recipes today and looking at cherry pie cake recipes for Hilda First of Neenah, Wis.
  • Whether you rub or use sauce, it’s time to get grillin’ Tuesday, May 31, 2011 @ 5:43PMWith Father’s Day and the Hog Heaven BBQ at the Beach Championship Cookoff coming up, ribmeisters and novices alike are stoking those fires for some great barbecue.
  • Reader Exchange: More Anadama bread recipes Thursday, May 26, 2011 @ 8:12AMEek! It is the end of May already. 'Nuff said. This weekend might not be the first time you have grilled this year, but it might well mark your first big cookout or first weekend of camping, or perhaps a combination of the two.
  • Reader Exchange: Story behind Anadama just as delicious as bread Thursday, May 19, 2011 @ 10:59AMThis has been an interesting spring. We've had late snow and early 80-degree temperatures, interspersed with lots of rain and golf ball-sized hail.
  • Dining on gratitude and grains of couscous Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 1:44PMI don't need a winning lottery ticket or a new cookbook to tell me my life is good.
  • Reader Exchange: 'Loose end' recipes on the menu today Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 7:11AMWe have a few loose ends to tie up today. M.A. Berg of Sparta shared a blue cheese dressing for Susan Glenna, who is trying to duplicate the dressing served long ago at the Downtown Country Kitchen.
  • Living life the cowboy way in Genoa Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 4:15AMWhat: 2011 Cowboy Poetry and Music festival When: Thursday through Sunday Where: Genoa Info: www.cowboypoetrygenoa.com, 782-8696, or 782-8207. Concert tents are up and performers are ready for opening day of the second annual Genoa Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival Thursday.
  • Foods that help you lose weight Tuesday, May 3, 2011 @ 1:40PMThink weight loss is all about sacrifice? Don't cut these healthy foods from your diet -- they can help you lose weight.
  • Recipes lost and found: Teen Plant City baker shares his winning guava pie Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @ 11:02AMOnce again, Devin Davis of Plant City has won a cooking contest. This time, Devin was the Junior Best of Show winner at the 2011 American Pie Council Crisco National Pie Championships in Celebration. His Creamy Guava Pie took top honors in the category. (The recipe runs below.)
  • Make gardening, cooking a family affair this season Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @ 7:51AMGrowing food and preparing meals together as a family is a great way to spend quality family time.
  • Dinner at the concession stand? Try this instead Monday, April 25, 2011 @ 12:42PMYou don't have to make concessions at the concession stand. Getting my kids to eat right is daily goal of mine as a mother, but I find this particularly challenging on the weeknights that they have after school activities and sports. We usually eat together as a family at the table, but there are some nights when that’s just not possible. I don’t want to stuff them with drive-through fare, and ...
  • No more pushing these vegetables around the plate Saturday, March 12, 2011 @ 2:06AMThere's the star that gets the spotlight and acclaim, then there's the supporting role.
  • Over A Cup: Ready for an unusual but tasty meal? This casserole’s for you Saturday, March 5, 2011 @ 1:55AMLast weekend, I made the “Pizza Casserole” featured in last week’s column. I had forgotten just how much the recipe makes, or I would have cut it in half for the two of us. The 9-by-13-inch casserole dish was filled to the top, and it was heavy. We have lots of leftover “Pizza Casserole.”
  • Taste of Home Cooking School draws sell-out crowd in Stillwater Friday, March 4, 2011 @ 10:29AMCheyenne Martinez, left, Hannah Hickman, Hunter Venable and Kyle Howell watch over a chocolate marshmallow maker at the Meridian Technology Center's booth at the Taste of Home Cooking School.
  • Hidden Veggies Lower Calories, May Help Shed Pounds Friday, March 4, 2011 @ 8:33AMAdding pureed vegetables to entrees reduces the number of calories the meals pack without sacrificing texture or taste, according to Pennsylvania State University researchers who tried it on unsuspecting study subjects
  • Oatman House adds German dishes and a dinner menu Thursday, February 24, 2011 @ 2:06AMThe lace tablecloths are gone. So are the teapots and knickknacks that used to line shelves at the Historic Oatman House in Collinsville.
  • Mill Valley gets star turn in new cookbook Wednesday, February 23, 2011 @ 3:13PMIf Tyler Florence is to be believed, Mill Valley is a town graced with exceptional regional ingredients, deeply rooted community and an impressive if hidden cadre of gifted home chefs.
  • Dutch oven group enjoys cuisine, camaraderie Tuesday, February 22, 2011 @ 4:59PMA group of women, all laughing and smiling, huddles in the center of Gordon and Leota Quam’s oversized garage.
  • Nothing hits the spot on a cold day like cherry pie Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 4:25PMThere are several cherry recipes in the paper this week because as I was thinking about Presidents' Day it just seemed a natural thing to do, but I think I mostly put them in because I never think about a cherry pie without going back in my mind across the years to a raw February day at Morgan Brothers Store in Morgantown.
  • Local business plans fun day March 5 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 7:34AMA fun-filled day is being planned at the Tractor Supply Company on March 5, called “Strut Your Stuff.”  Robert Hebron, store manager, has been working on this project for several months and the day-long activities promise the entire family a good time.
  • GOOD TASTE by Roger Tappen: Using salt in proper amounts opens up the ability to taste other flavors Wednesday, February 16, 2011 @ 12:29AMLet's have a general discussion about salts that we commonly use for cooking. Salt has taken a bad rap in recent decades.
  • CRAVE: Guest Chef - Jess Black Wednesday, February 16, 2011 @ 12:00AMWorking as a County Extension Agent, it was always so much fun to see your 4-H members experience success in life, especially if it involved something you had done to help them.
  • Scrappy leftovers: Don't limit cranberries to Thanksgiving Tuesday, February 15, 2011 @ 11:42PMThis tart fruit, in jelly form, makes a great base for sauces.
  • WEEKLY RECIPES Tuesday, February 15, 2011 @ 9:39PMRAMEN RECIPESZESTY CURRIED COCONUT RAMEN2 3-ounce packs ramen noodles, any flavor
  • Home Plates: Tamale pie and raisin mysteries Wednesday, February 9, 2011 @ 3:13AMReaders share recipes for tamale pie and solve the mystery of raisin chocolate.
  • Food Column: How cooking is like poetry Thursday, February 3, 2011 @ 9:40AMMaya Angelou: Clinton Inauguration poet, famed memoirist, dancer, singer, actor, teacher of writing and performing arts, screenwriter, director... and cook? You'd think she'd have a cook. But when you hear her rich contralto voice rhapsodizing about food, you realize she sees cooking as part of her art, an extension of her literary life.
  • Chopped recipes Wednesday, February 2, 2011 @ 6:25AMCHERI MAGNUSON'S MAPLE-BRINED TURKEY BREAST WITH MUSHROOM PAN GRAVY
  • Church hosts down home dinner for winter visitors Wednesday, February 2, 2011 @ 5:04AMMike Kittrell/Press-RegisterThe membership at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Bon Secour are prepping for an annual dinner that fetes our winter visitors from the North. And the food is decidedly down home.Attention, Snowbirds, here’s the opportunity you’ve been seeking, the...
  • A healthy heart is a happy heart Tuesday, February 1, 2011 @ 5:14PMLifestyle isn't always easy to change. But it can be done, and better nutrition is often the ke
  • Husband puts his foot down on her pasta hoarding habit Thursday, January 27, 2011 @ 4:04AMRock cleans out the pantry while Marcelle is gone.
  • Klobuchar wins congressional hot dish competition Wednesday, January 26, 2011 @ 3:58PMSenator Amy Klobuchar's Taconite Tater Tot Hot Dish edged out five other types of hot dish made by Minnesota's congressional delegation on Wednesday.
  • Time for dinner: Chicken potpie too boring? Give it a tweak Thursday, January 20, 2011 @ 12:23AMWinter is the time for cozy comfort fare, like chicken potpie from Marion Cunningham's update of "The Fannie Farmer Cookbook" (Knopf, 1996). Make it, and you'll see: It is a lovely pie. But it's boring. It doesn't have to be.
  • Despite a Nationwide Trend Upward, Wednesday, January 12, 2011 @ 9:52AMArizona Food Prices move down again in 4th Quarter
  • Quinoa adds twist to casserole - From the Poughkeepsie Journal Wednesday, January 12, 2011 @ 7:10AMQuinoa's rising popularity among First World foodies — the wholesale price has jumped sevenfold since 2000 as global demand climbed — has been a boon to the poor farmers in the semiarid highlands of Bolivia where most of it grows.
  • Greet new year with holiday strata Thursday, December 30, 2010 @ 12:32AMBread pudding conjures up sweet dessert memories for most people, but this homey dish has a savory side, too. It's called a strata, and you can even serve it for breakfast. What's cool about a strata is you can use it to transform many of those odds and ends lurking in the refrigerator into the festive star of a holiday brunch or luncheon.
  • Fish recipes from Hudson County chefs for a Christmas Eve feast Wednesday, December 22, 2010 @ 6:12AMTo help you celebrate the Feast of the Seven Fishes this Christmas Eve , we've assembled a collection of recipes from chefs who make a positive impact on Hudson County every day.
  • Savory dishes add international flare to holiday menu Saturday, December 18, 2010 @ 7:59AMSavory dishes add international flare to holiday menu
  • 'Hearts of Palm' a labor of love Wednesday, December 15, 2010 @ 4:39AMEven if it hadn't been named "Hearts of Palm," there would be no doubt that the cookbook published
  • Food Bazaar helps stretch your dollar to make a great holiday dinner Wednesday, December 15, 2010 @ 12:17AMServing a festive holiday dinner on a tight budget is a snap for sale-savvy shoppers who make the most of weekly and seasonal specials at Food Bazaar in Trenton’s Roebling Market off Route 129.
  • Eateries | Litchfield the place for fish Tuesday, December 14, 2010 @ 9:53PMI grew up in a family of fishermen and fisherwomen.
  • Food Bazaar helps stretch your dollar to make a great holiday dinner Sunday, December 5, 2010 @ 12:18AMServing a festive holiday dinner on a tight budget is a snap for sale-savvy shoppers who make the most of weekly and seasonal specials at Food Bazaar in Trenton’s Roebling Market off Route 129.
  • Classic holiday recipes that can be made on a tight budget Sunday, December 5, 2010 @ 12:18AMAdd international flavor and flair to your holiday dinner or buffet with these classic recipes from Mexico , France and Belgium, Italy, and the USA.
  • Thorpe St Andrew fairy godmother is a godsend in the kitchen Thursday, December 2, 2010 @ 3:38AMRachel Buller met employment law expert turned cook Katrina Parsons whose new business is all about getting confident in the kitchen.