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Ho Hos at Home

July 12, 2010 Like 3 Lacy Boggs

When it comes to buying food, things have gotten a little bit complicated: local, sustainable, organic or all-natural. Food producers and marketers add labels to their products touting the health benefits and natural ingredients—whether they’re actually healthy or not. They…

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The Origin and Species of Stuffing

November 16, 2009 Like 2 John Lehndorff

When I stand in my new kitchen on the Wednesday evening before Thanksgiving Day this year, I shall not stand alone. My son and my sister will be there, and so will my mom and her mother in spirit.

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No Place Like the Stove

November 11, 2009 Like 2 Lacy Boggs

The holidays will be here faster than you can say, “I’d like to get an order for take out, please.” That means it’s time to dust off your fine china, warm up your oven and start your timer. It’s time…

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Posessed to Party

October 14, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Halloween is a time for celebration—for sugar-fueled giggling, for face paint-covered revelry and for otherworldly fun. It’s pretty much the perfect time for a party. To help you conjure inspiration for a ghoulish gathering, here are a few apparitions of…