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Holiday Gifts: Cheddar Cheese – Older Is Better

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Holiday Gifts: Cheddar Cheese – Older Is Better

William James once wrote: How pleasant is the day when we give up striving to be young – or slender. Perhaps that is what Hook’s Cheese Company in Mineral Point, WI, had in mind when they stashed away some of their award-winning cheddar cheese for 15 years. Owners Julie and Tony Hook recently released this…

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Michael Psilakis: How to Roast a Lamb

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Michael Psilakis: How to Roast a Lamb

Greek Gone Wild!…

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Time: Fat Celebrity Chefs

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Time: Fat Celebrity Chefs

Alton Brown attacks celebrity chefs in the mainstream press…

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Ginette Mathiot: I Know How to Cook

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Ginette Mathiot: I Know How to Cook

Up-to-date, with common sense

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Stephane Reynaud: French Feasts

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Stephane Reynaud: French Feasts

A memoir, a recipe book, an homage…

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Michael Symon’s Live to Cook

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Michael Symon’s Live to Cook

Some original thinking and some very good recipes…

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Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked!

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Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked!

Super Chef brought in a super tester for this new Wii game…

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Lauren Ulm: Vegan Yum Yum

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Lauren Ulm: Vegan Yum Yum

What is “vegan” food, actually?

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Red Wine and Fish: Chemically Averse

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Most of us assume that tannins make for a strong fishy aftertaste….

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MasterChef: Endangering Fish Via TV?

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MasterChef: Endangering Fish Via TV?

Be careful what you cook on TV…

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Rose Levy Beranbaum: Rose’s Heavenly Cakes

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Rose Levy Beranbaum: Rose’s Heavenly Cakes

Huge. Well-crafted. Heavenly…

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Inside the World of Charm City Cakes

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Food Flicks: every fan book needs a video these days…

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Baking Kids Love: Cindy Mushet

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Baking Kids Love: Cindy Mushet

Are your kids ready to bake? Cindy Mushet‘s Baking Kids Love (McMeel 2009) is just the kind of cookbook to get if you aren’t very handy in the kitchen and kids want to try their hands at dessert. It is heavy on information and technique, so that kids are safe and confident. The recipes range…

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Duff & Willie Goldman: Ace of Cakes

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Duff & Willie Goldman: Ace of Cakes

Forget cake recipes: think “sculpture”…

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Edith Grandjean: Ma Cuisine du Jardin

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It is October here in Le Perche. Everyone is enjoying the last rays of sunshine, but mainly we all gather around our vegetable garden — picking up the last tomatoes, a few green peppers, and the remaining basil — to make pesto for winter. My refrigerator is packed with tomatoes, small and large (a profusion…

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Jamie Oliver: Jamie’s Food Revolution

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Jamie Oliver: Jamie’s Food Revolution

Jamie’s new cookbook is more than hoopla…

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Alex Guarnaschelli: Alex’s Day Off

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When Alex is on camera, she fills it with enthusiasm and pleasure…

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Rachael Ray: ‘Make Your Own Take Out’ Recipe Cards

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Rachael Ray: ‘Make Your Own Take Out’ Recipe Cards

Rachael Ray Goes Retro with MYOTO…!

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I Love Food Network Fansite

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I Love Food Network Fansite

Aren’t fan site usually created by fans?

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Gourmet to Shutter

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Venerable Gourmet will discontinue publication after November 2009…

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Super Chef Pharmaceuticals: Hot, Hot, Hot!

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Chef Pharmaceuticals? Hot! Hot! Hot!

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Ayala’s Herbal Water

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Ayala’s Herbal Water

At some $2 per bottle, Ayala’s Herbal Water is not cheap — so, how good is it?…

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Lamees Ibrahim: The Iraqi Cookbook

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Lamees Ibrahim: The Iraqi Cookbook

Authentic Iraqi

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New York Magazine: 20 Biggest Chef Empires

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New York Magazine:  20 Biggest Chef Empires

Another list of the biggest and richest chefs…!

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Princess Tea: Janeen Sarlin

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Princess Tea:  Janeen Sarlin

Kids need activities, decoration, and food — and the food had better be well presented…

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