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From digital cookbooks to greeting cards, try these tech tips to ease holiday stress
Gift shopping, scammers, cooking the prime rib just right … There’s too much to worry about this time of year. Before you dive headfirst into the festive frenzy, I’ve got tech tips that’ll sprinkle a little magic on your celebrations. As my holiday thanks to my loyal readers, I’m giving away an iPhone. Yep, you…
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Kardea Brown Tells Tasting Table Her Favorite Dishes For Holiday Entertaining
For many families, tradition is the backbone of holiday menu planning, and Kardea Brown is no exception. When asked to list her most memorable holiday dishes from her formative years, Brown was quick to mention her grandmother. “My grandmother’s stuffing, and her macaroni and cheese,” Brown said without skipping a beat. “And something that we…
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Local chefs share cooking tips, tales of kitchen disasters in time for the holidays
Barbara M. Houle ‘Tis the season of food. Leading up to holiday parties and special celebrations, we tend to talk a lot about recipes and special meals that remind us either of home or family traditions. I’ve written about food a lot, especially during my career as food editor for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. …
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Holiday home cooking: 4 Tulsa chefs share their favorite festive recipes
Family recipes and traditions are what make the holidays special for so many of us. It’s the cherished old recipes, passed through the generations, that are part of our own history. The pineapple-glazed ham that’s only made on Christmas, the cherry cream pie mom learned to make from her mom and she from her own…
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What Is Vegan Sour Cream? Plus, Brands and Recipes
Hand grenades were one of the key inventions spread across the world by the Mongol Empire. That, and the composite bow. But sophisticated, deadly weapons weren’t the only inventions to come out of the largest contiguous land empire. The Mongol people also gave us sour cream. Yep, we’re talking about that relatively harmless dip you…
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Meal Planning 101: Why You Should and How to Start
Photo: istockphoto.com Properly executed, meal planning can help a home cook navigate the uneven and often-shifting terrain of family food preferences and dietary requirements. It streamlines grocery shopping, eliminates the daily scramble to even decide on dinner, let alone prepare it, and minimizes the money you spend on last-minute takeout, delivery, or drive-thru meals. Meal…
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Tired of turkey? Sample these seafood dishes!
Jerk Tilapia Fish Tacos with Zoodle Slaw A zucchini slaw is a refreshing and unique twist for this Mexican, seafood entrée fish taco recipe, which packs a wallop of flavor while also hitting all the healthy criteria. For a quicker recipe preparation, use pre-shredded “zoodles” and carrots. Zoodles are skinny strips of zucchini that can be…
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Add a taste of the American South to your Hanukkah table
(JNS) It’s tradition! The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah means latkes and sufganiyot—lots of them, crisp, hot, and hopefully, not too oily—to help celebrate the victory of Judah Maccabee and his four brothers over the Syrian-Greeks in 165 BCE. This year, the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah begins on the evening of Thursday, Dec. 7 (always the…
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Mental health tips and recipes for seniors
‘Cooking Up Calm’ shares wisdom from seniors on mental health and wellness Let’s face it: Most academic research papers aren’t written with a lay audience in mind. The language can be dry and technical, and it could take years before new discoveries make a difference in most people’s lives. So when Gail Low, associate professor…
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Selling Sizzling Latkes with Love
Karen Lulka Tenenbaum grew up in an Ashkenazi family in Mexico City as one of three daughters. After attending Jewish Day school, she did a gap year in Israel working at Kibbutz Maale Hahamish near Jerusalem and traversing the hills, deserts, countryside, and cities. Tenenbaum met her husband, Jay, on JDate, and they were married…