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Holidays are the ideal time for big family dinners followed by days of leftovers. But by this time, you may have eaten your fill of turkey sandwiches, turkey soup, turkey chili, and turkey casserole. After a few days of eating all things turkey -- and pie! -- I have an urge to dig into either pork or beef. As an added measure, I like to make it a ...

Holidays are the ideal time for big family dinners followed by days of leftovers. But by this time, you may have eaten your fill of turkey sandwiches, turkey soup, turkey chili, and turkey casserole. After a few days of eating all things turkey -- and pie! -- I have an urge to dig into either pork or beef. As an added measure, I like to make it a ...

Recently I was invited to a taste test of recipes submitted online. The culinary social network CookEatShare held a cooking contest and brought together a number of restaurant chefs and food professionals to cook and judge the recipes. I wasn't a judge, but I did get to try all the dishes.

Help! We've a houseful coming for Thanksgiving, and although our menu is almost set, we're still debating what type of stuffing to serve. Too many choices! Epi has more than 550 recipes, and of course everyone in the family has a different opinion. Some like sausage in the mix, others prefer good old Stove Top. Some love the flavor of sage, others ...

After I had done most of the shopping for the dishes I'm bringing to the Thanksgiving potluck I'm attending this year, I realized that what I'm cooking is incredibly healthy. When choosing what to make, I didn't think to myself, ''Now, what's a really nutritious side dish I can spring on my friends to teach them a thing or two about eating right? ...

Most of you are looking forward to (or dreading) all the turkey that's coming your way in three days. You're working out a half an hour extra the gym, getting the elastic-band pants out of storage, making ''gobble gobble'' noises in the back during office meetings. I, on the other hand, had my Turkey Day a couple days ago (I'll explain after the ...

As far as I'm concerned, side dishes are what make a Thanksgiving dinner great. Sure, I like turkey, but I truly love stuffing, gravy and mashed potatoes. For me, carbs topped with gravy make this holiday meal delicious. The problem is that most of us don't make these three dishes very often, so preparing them once a year -- for a table full of ...

Some friends of mine joke that I am not a ''real'' Brazilian because my mom is actually a farm girl from Ohio and it's only my dad who comes from Rio de Janeiro, but what do they know? Like any typical Brazilian, I believe that anytime is the right time to celebrate anything and everything. So I have decided that my New Year's resolution (yes, I ...

Filed under: Beef, Poultry, Recipes, Pork, Barbecuing, Lists, Grilling, America, Meat, Holidays, Summer The Grand Rapids Press has a list of several dozen beef, chicken vegetable and fish tips for your Independence Day bash. Try wrapping fish in prosciutto or bacon to prevent drying. And cook snapper and other delicate fish in foil or on a plank ...

Filed under: Dessert, Dairy, Chocolate, Recipes, Holidays When I was a kid I was addicted to chocolate ice cream (side note: a lot of my posts start out talking about how I was addicted to some junk food when I was a kid - I'm amazed I don't weigh 350 lbs). But when I got older, my tastes changed from pure chocolate to other flavors, usually ...