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Neighbor's Recipe: Grandma Anna's German Butterball Soup
Foods are family memories. There's your aunt's huckleberry pie, your mother's chicken-fried steak or your uncle's rum toddy. For Troy Walker, it's his Grandma Anna's German Butterball Soup. "Grandma Anna took great pride in being a homemaker, back in...
Quick Fix: One-pot meal dresses up chops
Spicy tomato salsa perks up pork chops in a one-pot meal that takes only 15 minutes to cook. If you keep the ingredients on hand — pork and peas in the freezer, fresh pasta in the fridge, salsa on the shelf — you won't have to go to the market. This...
Uncorked: Break out the sparklers
Hooray for sparkling wine. It's not Champagne, and it doesn't pretend to be. But it's the same idea — still wines allowed to re-ferment in the bottle to create those bubbles that make it the beverage of celebration. It's great as an aperitif or...
Leftovers, anyone?
Christmas has come and gone. You feasted and partied until your belly ached, but there is still lots and lots of food left over. If you ever see a turkey, ham or tamale again, it will be too soon. Then there's the stuffing, green bean casserole and plethora...
Uncomplicated appetizers jump-start holiday parties
I love the casual appeal of serve-yourself dips and spreads. Whether served as a preliminary offering for an at-home holiday gathering, or contributed to the fare at a friend's shindig, these trough-style appetizers are delicious and easy to prepare....
Quick Fix: Fast-cooking barley makes fast work of stew
Barley is good for you, and fast-cooking barley is fast for you, so — with the help of the microwave — we're using that convenience product for a swiftly assembled stew-meets-soup (stewp?) starring chicken and barley. Speeding up the process...
Uncorked: How to pair with star chefs’ best
So you've been watching TV cooking shows and perusing Web sites all year, and you're gearing up to try one of their fancy dishes for Christmas or Hanukkah. But you realize those chefs didn't mention what wines go well with their masterpieces. I've got...
Beefed-up Christmas dinner
The ends of the rib bones look like a regal crown, equidistant and glazed with a mixture of meat juices and fat renderings. Succulent pink meat lies beneath the deeply caramelized exterior. An alluring aroma fills the house, promising rich flavor and...
King of India
Satnam Tatla opened his King of India restaurant at the urging of friends and because he was sure it would do well due to the large Indian population here. But he's been pleasantly surprised that nearly three-quarters of his clientele are white. "A lot...
Don't overlook these winter veggies
Vibrantly colored vegetables often overshadow the paler varieties, which many people view as nutritional lightweights. It's true that color is usually a reliable indicator of the nutrients inside, and typically the brighter the better. For example, dark...
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