June 19, 2013
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Associated Press Tomatoes are best picked ripe, so if you have access to a farmer's market, grow your own or have a generous and green-thumbed friend, you're getting tomatoes at their best and juiciest.
Tomato myths sow seeds of confusion
Any way you slice it, the tomato is one confusing comestible. There’s the whole identity crisis thing — is it a fruit or a vegetable? And don’t get us started on the tuh-MAY-to, tuh-MAH-to thing...
Aug 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Bataan Death March survivor Albert Brown speaks with members of the SIUC Army ROTC in 2005, at his daughter's home in Pinckneyville, Ill. Brown died Sunday, in Nashville, Ill., at the age of 105.
Brown, 105, survived Bataan Death March
ST. LOUIS — A doctor once told Albert Brown he shouldn't expect to make it to 50, given the toll taken by his years in a Japanese labor camp during World War II and the infamous, often-deadly march...
Aug 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Barbecue Mexican corn offers big flavor without giving you a big gut. The secret is using a spice rub and flavorful cotija cheese.
Making a healthier corn on the cob
I love summertime. Even more than that, I love summer food. One of the best days in summer is when local corn starts to appear in the farmers markets. Heavy, sweet, juicy corn picked not more th...
Aug 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Proper cooking turns tough cut of beef to a Texas feast
When I file one of these columns, a colleague, Ron Clark, always asks me, “Why don’t you cook something normal, like a meatloaf?” Well, I think I have one just for Ron, this time, even if he’s s...
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Attitudes about dating have been changing in this dour economy
Maybe a few years ago, when the economy was better and jobs were more plentiful, a single on her first date might be treated to a bouquet of flowers and a fancy dinner at the most chic eatery in to...
Aug 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Rocco DiSpirito's flash fried chicken carnitas have less fat than traditional fried chicken.
Fry away fat and calories in a flash
by ROCCO DiSPIRITO Associated Press I know what you did last weekend. You splurged on a big, juicy, extra-crispy piece of fried chicken — or maybe two — at that family picnic. And then you...
Aug 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Swapping a few ingredients can completely change a dish
All right, many astute readers may have noted I’ve written a column about pork roast before. Why again? Because with some new ingredients, we can change the flavor entirely and come up with a diffe...
Jul 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Jonathan Waxman, chef at the New York restaurant Barbuto, says freshly cooked crab is essential for angel hair pasta with crabmeat, jalapeno and mint.
Tune in to real Italian food
by MICHELE KAYAL Associated Press If you’re lucky, you’ve never known a world without olive oil or a time when Parmesan cheese only came in green cans. But there was such a world. Once sti...
Jul 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Use a mini ice cream scoop to quickly form the meatballs for the turkey meatball lettuce wraps.
Give grilled turkey meatballs an Asian flair
By Susan M. Selasky McClatchy-Tribune News Service In magazines and catalogs, meatballs seem to be the stars this summer. They don’t quite strike me as a summertime food or even a main dish. ...
Jul 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Triple-layered rocket pops feature real bruit and yogurt.
Modern twists add cool factor to frozen pops
By Barbara Mahany McClatchy-Tribune News Service Used to be, on a sweaty summer’s day you dashed to the store, stuck your hand in the deep-freeze and pulled out a box of factory-made pops on ...
Jul 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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