Food & Drink
Blended wines can be more or less than the sum of their parts
Years ago a California winemaker came to Miami touting his latest creation - a single, complex, expensive wine made by blending four or five well-known individual red grapes.
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Quick Fix: Pizza's easy on cook, pocketbook
Here's a quick pizza dinner that takes less time than ordering one. Sweet onions, mozzarella cheese, bell peppers and mushrooms top a ready-made thin crust for this quick meal.
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Culinary SOS: Oatmeal raisin cookies from Standard Baking Co.
Dear SOS: On a trip up the coast of Maine, we found a wonderful bakery in Portland called Standard Baking Co. Everything was delicious, but my husband declared the oatmeal cookies the best he'd ever had, and we made a special detour on the return route to buy more cookies. I'd love it if you could...
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Wine of the Week: 2011 Giovanni Almondo Roero Arneis 'Bricco delle Ciliegie'
This is a stunning Arneis from Giovanni Almondo in the Roero region of Piedmont. And to think this grape was once almost extinct. It may be temperamental, but whatever pains must be taken to produce this lovely white are worth it. The 2011 wafts the scents of ripe pears, melons and flowers from ...
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Tidbits: The Compleat diner
Every once in a while Mr. Tidbit discovers that a quiet little product he hasn't looked at in a while has grown an army of varieties. Such is the case with Hormel Compleats line of shelf-stable microwave meals.
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More restaurants offering gluten-free dishes
It's getting easier to "go gluten-free" when dining out because more restaurants are offering dishes designed for customers with celiac disease or a gluten sensitivity. According to Mintel, a marketing research company, mentions of gluten-free options on restaurant menus increased by 275 percent...
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Cook's Corner: 'Fudgie' request elicits two terrific brownie recipes
Diane Friedberg of Miami Beach, Fla., asked if anyone had the recipe for brownies called Fudgies that her mother used to make from a Woman's Home Companion cookbook she received as a wedding present in 1941. She remembered they were made with evaporated milk and had powdered sugar on top.
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Recipe Finder: Crave-worthy hashbrown casserole
Stanley Levy from Baltimore was in search of the recipe for the cheesy potato casserole that he enjoyed at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Pennsylvania. He said it reminded him of macaroni and cheese but instead of pasta it was made with potatoes.
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Rhubarb not just for pies
Rhubarb is one of the great pleasures of spring, with its rosy color and earthy tang. It is found in most supermarkets this time of year, although it is available frozen anytime. Also known as "pieplant," rhubarb is a perennial that is native to central and northern Asia, where it has been grown...
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Fresh produce, please!
It's been a long winter. If you're like many cooks who use the seasons as a guide, you're longing for something fresh.


