Archive for December, 2008

New Year's appetizer recipes focus on delicious, cost-effective … – Detroit Free Press

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
New Year's appetizer recipes focus on delicious, cost-effective
Detroit Free Press, United States - 19 hours ago
This is our 11th fast and fabulous yearly appetizer recipe blowout, and, this year, we kept on a close eye on value and costs.
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Pete Tittl: Not all Golden Ox restaurants created equal (The Bakersfield Californian)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

The three Golden Ox restaurants in Bakersfield have different owners, different recipes, different approaches. So if you like one, you may not necessarily get the same experience in another eatery with the same name. The Golden Ox Diner on Wilson Road, located in what for a long time was a Bob’s Big Boy in the Kmart shopping center parking lot, is related in name only to the other two …

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Raise a glass to creative cocktail recipes (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

When Prohibition ended in 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt quipped, “What America needs now is a drink.” Today, facing the most serious economic crisis since the Great Depression, it’s safe to say many Americans could use a drink or two.

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Restaurant Guide (Explorer News)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

GRUMPY’S GRILL BURGERS, BASKETS AND BEER 2960 W. Ina Road Phone: 297-5452 Adventurous eaters gravitate toward the hamburger slathered with peanut butter. But Grumpy’s also serves the usual grill fare complete with beer on tap.

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Bake Your Best with Expert Recipes, Advice (Paragould Daily Press)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

(ARA) – If only love alone were the key ingredient for baking success. Filling your cookie tray with delicious delights, however, calls for just the right mix of a great recipe, good ingredients and a little baking savvy.

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Social networking site connects home, professional chefs (San Mateo County Times)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

If the faltering economy has you dining out less, your favorite restaurant dishes may be just a chop, mince and mix away.

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Five questions with an amateur cook (The Wheaton Sun)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Ben Christensen approaches cooking from the mindset of the mechanical engineer he hopes to be someday. Christensen, 20, of Naperville, loves to cook and comes up with original recipes based on his own taste preferences and the knowledge of how ingredients scientifically interact. Recently, one of these recipes, Red Beans & Tropical Rice, won first place in the Uncle Ben’s Ultimate Holiday Rice …

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Passion surrounds new McKinney restaurant (McKinney Courier-Gazette)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

A person’s calling in life doesn’t present itself as a light bulb turning on in the person’s head. It comes naturally, and develops into a lifelong pursuit.

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Fulfilling holiday dishes (Kane County Chronicle)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

From pecan rolls before presents to roasted turkey for dinner, Jeremy Lycan has been cooking on Christmas since he was 12 years old. And even though Lycan now spends his days working as the chef of Niche Restaurant in Geneva, he’s still planning on being in his kitchen Thursday to cook up a holiday meal for his family.

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Social networking site connects home, professional chefs (San Jose Mercury News)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

If the faltering economy has you dining out less, your favorite restaurant dishes may be just a chop, mince and mix away. A new social networking Web site for foodies lets home chefs interact with each other and the professionals, swapping recipes and tips.

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