RECIPE: Pumpkin Sage Polenta With Roasted Vegetables

If you’ve never cooked polenta, it’s a great comfort food—and gluten-free, too. We don’t know why Americans don’t eat more of it—and more parsnips, too, while we’re at it. (Parsnips [photo #2] are one of the delicious fall vegetables roasted for this recipe.) Fall and winter months beg for a dish of warm, creamy polenta.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Scoop & Roast WInter Squash Seeds

[1] Acorn squash, one of the two most-available winter squash varieties for the table (photo © Kim Daniels | Unsplash). [2] Tied for first place: butternut squash (photo © Good Eggs).   It’s a little bit of a chore to scrape the seeds out of an acorn, butternut or other winter squash*. Here’s a tip:…
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RECIPE: Fall Pasta Carbonara With Bacon & Apples

[1] A seasonal carbonara, with bacon and apples. The recipe is below (photos #1 and #2 © Delallo). [2] If you can’t find mezzi rigatoni locally, head to DeLallo’s online store. [3] Mezzi rigatoni close up (photo © J. Eltovski | Morguefile). [4] This delicious bacon is from Butcherbox, a quality meat subscription service with…
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RECIPE: Chicken & Sausage Gumbo For National Gumbo Day

Hey, gumbo fans: October 12th is National Gumbo Day. It’s a nice opportunity that isn’t Mardi Gras or a big football game to talk about gumbo—a warm, comforting dish that’s just right for fall and winter weather. To celebrate National Gumbo Day, Zatarain’s Smoked Sausage has released its official gumbo recipe for 2020. It’s a…
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FOOD FUN: Peanut Butter Bacon Cheeseburger Recipe

Will a peanut butter bacon cheeseburger catch up in popularity with the long-loved bacon cheeseburger? This burger is topped with bacon, cheese and peanut butter! It was developed to offer diners something new and different. Chef John Franke, on behalf of the Boulder-based SRG Culinary Council, set out to develop some new approaches to classic…
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