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Associated Press
Cocktail meatballs with cranberry marinara make a solid appetizer for Christmas or New Year's parties.

Sweet, tangy & fit for a party
Sometimes failure can end up tasting pretty good. It certainly was the case with these meatballs. I’d been aiming to creating a solidly delicious, all-purpose meatball suitable for tossing with ...

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Stock up on pantry essentials
In this season of unpredictably bad weather, I recently surveyed my kitchen and found that, while I was well fixed for canned beans, I had only a rind of Parmesan cheese and about a cup left of oli...

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Associated Press
Ricotta cheese creates a rich and creamy base for crab bites that are perfect for a holiday party.

Ricotta: A ‘recooked’ cheese that tastes anything but
When it comes to food, “recooked” isn’t generally a term met with much affection. The dairy world, however, gives us a fine exception in ricotta cheese. Ricotta — Italian for recooked — isn’t ex...

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A warming — and simple — broccoli and pasta dish
Whenever I have too little time and too few ingredients on hand — or when I’ve been eating too much meat — I cook up some broccoli pasta. Which means I make it for dinner about once every 10 day...

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Neat, sweet and petite — the holiday mini-pie
Short of any family drama, the biggest dilemma most of us face at the holiday table revolves around dessert. Specifically: Which pie do I choose? (Or, rather: Why do I get to try only one?) Why ...

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Associated Press
Cranberry cream cheese stuffed French toast is easy enough for Christmas morning breakfast. The French toast can also be prepared in advance.

French toast as stuffed and jolly as old St. Nick
If you can make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and fry an egg, you already have all the skills needed to make this incredible Christmas morning stuffed French toast. We start with cinnamon s...

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McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Pia Mueller, 10, helps decorate Christmas cookies with her sisters. Cookie parties offer an opportunity to get kids and parents together outside of sports and school.

Get the sprinkles out — it’s time for a cookie party
It started several years ago when we realized we seldom got to see our friends and their kids, what with sports, activities and all. The solution: a holiday cookie party, in which the kids got to d...

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Associated Press
Beef pot pie is a richer take on classic chicken pot pie, substituting sirloin tips for the poultry.

Classic comfort reinvented
Chicken potpie is a fine, comforting dinner for most of the winter. But at Christmas, you want comfort with a little more. You want a dinner that’s as special as it is comforting. So we used the...

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Associated Press
Fresh pastries appear on display for travelers at the Food Network Kitchen at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida. The airport is the first outpost in the country to offer the Food Network Kitchen, designed to look much like what you would see in the cable network's test kitchen: a butcher block bar counter, subway tiling, stainless steel surfaces and pots and pans hanging in a row behind a cash register.

Airport dining beginning to take off
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Food Network is getting into the restaurant business in a location not always associated with good food: An airport. The channel has opened its first Food Network Kit...

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Know which foods you should (and shouldn’t) freeze
The trick to keeping your cool while hosting is to do what you can in advance. Here’s a list of what freezes — and what doesn’t. Remember: Always cool cooked food completely before wrapping and...

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