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Michelle Obama: 8 food and garden tips, stories from the First Lady
8 stories and pieces of advice from Michelle Obama's new book 'American Grown'
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6 stories about life with your adult children
In "Slouching Toward Adulthood," Sally Koslow shares what she learned about the differences between the boomer and Facebook generations.
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'MOMumental': 5 stories about raising children
Author Jennifer Grant advises and confesses in her new book – here are five of her anecdotes.
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Thornton Wilder: 10 quotes on his birthday
10 quotes to celebrate the 115th birthday of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Thornton Wilder.
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10 weirdest global fast foods
In the US, fast food can get pretty predictable: Burgers, fries, chicken, and a taco or a fish sandwich, if you’re feeling adventurous. Leave it to our international brethren to show us how to loosen up and live a little. Take a look at ten wacky fast food items from around the world.
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Roll on, National Doughnut Day
Make your own diner-style powdered buttermilk doughnuts to celebrate National Doughnut Day.
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Vietnamese egg rolls
Vietnamese egg rolls are typically wrapped with a rice paper and contain a variety of chopped vegetables, pork, shrimp, or poultry.
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Big Gulp ban? NYC to ban large drinks
Mayor Bloomberg wants a 16-ounce limit on the size of sugary drinks sold in New York City. The big soda ban would apply to drinks that contain more than 25 calories per 8 ounces. Diet soda would be exempt.
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Green olive and bacon pizza
The flavors of briny green olives and salty, smoked bacon are a magical pair as a pizza topping.
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Michelle Obama: 8 food and garden tips, stories from the First Lady
8 stories and pieces of advice from Michelle Obama's new book 'American Grown'
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Feasting on Art: Slow-roasted beets
Cooking beets over a long period of time over low heat releases their natural sweetness.
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Meatless Monday: Beet and pear slaw on tortillas with dill crème fraiche
A slaw that is sweet and tangy, crunchy and tender, the perfect texture to be wrapped up in a corn tortilla or on its own
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Top your steak with cilantro jalapeño compound butter
Simple pan-seared or grilled steaks can be topped with a compound butter made with cilantro, jalapeño peppers, shallots, and lime juice for a lively flavor boost.
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Travel: Eladio Pop's cacao farm in Belize
Ever wonder where chocolate comes from? A visit to a jungle farm results in a culinary adventure.
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Travel: Amok fish in Cambodia
Amok dishes were on every menu in Siem Reap.
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'Pink slime' author unapologetic to industry, consumer concerns
Used as beef filler for decades, "pink slime," was nicknamed by a former USDA meat inspector a decade ago, but recently it has sparked consumer petitions to remove it from school lunches and the closure of three Beef Products, Inc. meat plants.
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Meatless Monday: Apple onion cheese tart
A simple tart rich with comfort.
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6 stories about life with your adult children
In "Slouching Toward Adulthood," Sally Koslow shares what she learned about the differences between the boomer and Facebook generations.
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Lemon cake with lemony sugar wash
If you like lemon and have fresh lemons to use, make this cake.
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Arby's: Michigan boy bites into severed finger in his sandwich
Arby's apologizes for the accident in which part of a worker's finger was sliced off and served in a roast beef sandwich to a Michigan boy.
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Wilted swiss chard with pine nuts and oranges
A salad to satisfy spring cravings.
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All-you-can-eat fish? Not for this customer.
All-you-can-eat fish deal attracts one customer who eats 12. Waitress refuses to serve him more. He pickets Wisconsin restaurant's all-you-can-eat fish fry.
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'MOMumental': 5 stories about raising children
Author Jennifer Grant advises and confesses in her new book – here are five of her anecdotes.
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Bake sale ban in Massachusetts sparks outcries over 'food police'
A cookie crackdown? A brownie ban? The time-honored bake sale falls under a new Massachusetts law that limits students' access to junk food before and after school. Aim is to fight obesity, but critics decry a nanny state of 'food police.'
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Meatless Monday: Wild ramp and lemon risotto
Ramps, the fleeting spring onion, are delicious in a creamy risotto.
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Sen. Rand Paul knows how to fix the TSA: end it
Freshman Sen. Rand Paul, backed by GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul, aims to abolish the TSA – and its intrusive searches of air travelers – and to establish a passenger bill of rights.
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Cinco de Mayo recipe round-up
Mexican- or Southwest-inspired dishes to help you celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
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Southwest chicken salad
Serve Southwest chicken salad over greens, wrapped in a tortilla, or stuffed in a pita pocket.
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Creamy hominy bake with green chiles and cheese
Try this Southern dish as an unusual side for a Mexican meal.
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My dinner with Reagan
Prepping for a speech to a full ballroom, he acknowledged his nervousness.
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