CONTEST: Scharffen Berger Chocolate Recipe Contest

If you’ve got an exciting and different sweet or savory chocolate recipe, you have until January 4 to enter January 4 to enter it. This year’s requirement includes “adventure” ingredient: basil, black or pink peppercorns, black sesame seed, cacao nibs, chili pepper (fresh or whole dried), coconut milk, coriander, jicama, kaffir lime leaf, mango, matcha…
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CONTEST: The 2009 Avocado Video Bowl

If you have time on your hands over the holidays, you might want to pit your skills against other avocado lovers and create a short video that demonstrates your favorite way to enjoy the luscious green fruit (yes, avocados are a stone fruit—they grow on a tree, like peaches, plums and nectarines). You can create…
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CONTEST: Win A Kitchen Makeover (Deadline December 31)

It may be a bleak holiday season with a lot of space in the stocking and under the tree, but if thoughts of a kitchen makeover would warm your hearth, you have until December 31, 2008 to enter the Pillsbury Make America Sweeter contest. Pillsbury invites you to share how you can make things a…
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FREEBIE: Morton’s The Steakhouse Cheeseburgers

If you’re doing holiday shopping this weekend in the vicinity of a Morton’s steakhouse—there are 80 worldwide—take a break from 5 to 6 p.m. for a complimentary mini-cheeseburger at the bar. You’ll be celebrating the 30th birthday of Morton’s The Steakhouse. It’s the burger that started Morton’s. Co-founders Klaus Fritsch and Arnie Morton first worked…
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NEWS: Red Wine May Fight Alzheimer’s

In winter, you can go with mulled wine, shown here surrounded by its spices. Click here for the recipe. White wine drinkers may want to switch to red. While red wine has been touted for its health benefits for some time (the grapes have high levels of antioxidants), a new study from UCLA and Mount…
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