COOKING VIDEO: How To Brine A Turkey

  Have you decided yet how to cook your Thanksgiving turkey? The biggest problem people cite is that the white meat comes out too dry (hence, the need for gravy to moisten it). Different techniques are used by skilled cooks to ensure a moist bird—from bacon under the skin to brushing with butter to injecting…
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PRODUCT: Pretzels With Pizzazz

In 1888, H. K. Anderson started a storefront bakery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Every day, customers would show up for fresh, hand-twisted pretzels baked in brick ovens. More recently, the company has put a nice spin on its line of pretzels. In additional to the familiar, thin Salty Stix, there are Honey Wheat Braids in better-for-you…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: Indian Pudding Day

Indian pudding. Photo courtesy Tammy Donroe, FoodOnTheFood.com.   Today is National Indian Pudding Day. Indian pudding, a New England specialty, is a pudding served hot or warm, made of cornmeal, milk, molasses and spices. It’s a richer, sweetened form of hasty pudding, a porridge of cornmeal cooked in milk or water. (Remember the song, Yankee…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Melted Ice Cream

How many times have you left the ice cream or frozen yogurt out, returning to find it half- or all-melted? We’ve done it more than a few times. We’ve also discovered that refreezing the ice cream produces a lot of nasty crystals: crunchy ice cream that’s not enjoyable. Instead, we repurpose the melted ice cream.…
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