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Dress up a plain white cupcake for Halloween. Photo courtesy McCormick.com. Given the focus on fitness at the White House, does the First Family participate in the national cupcake craze? A White House Garden Cookbook—which includes a collection of recipes and gardening tips from First Families—features a recipe for honey cupcakes enjoyed by the…
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Dating back more than 6,000 years ago to central Asia, garlic took the culinary world by storm. It is used in cuisines on all the world’s continents and is one of America’s most popular herbs. (An herb is a plant that is used to flavor or scent other foods.) A member of the onion genus,…
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Next week’s Top Pick focuses on a ready-made base for for phö—one of the world’s great soups. But if you’ve got time on your hands this weekend, you may want to make some from scratch. This recipe starts with beef shanks, oxtail, onions, ginger and star anise in a stock pot. Sliced beef and…
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Show of hands: Are these Halloween strawberries cuter than yesterday’s meringue ghost cookies? Not as cute? A tie? You can send them as a gift, via SharisBerries.com. Or you can make your own. You can even plan a strawberry-decorating get-together this weekend. Ask a friend or two if they want to bring their own ingredients…
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Melt-in-your-mouth meringue ghosts. Photo © Michael Klashman | ButterFlourEggs.com. We loved this idea from Michael Klashman of ButterFlourEggs.com so much that we signed up for all of his blog feeds. Meringues are gluten-free, cholesterol-free airy bites. Airy ghosts are perfect Halloween fare. This recipe makes about 24 ghosts, each 2- to 3-inches: crunchy on…
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