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14 sweet recipes for Valentine's Day
Stir It Up! has 14 delicious, decadent, romantic dessert recipes, sure to bring a smile to your Valentine's face.
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Columbus Day: What's open, what's closed, what's happening?
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In Pictures: America's Food Renaissance
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Top 7 detective series set in foreign locales
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10 books to read before you go to Italy this summer
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Stir It Up! White bolognese sauce
Chase away the end-of-winter blues with this homemade bolognese sauce. Veal, Italian sausage, fennel, and leeks give it a unique, bright flavor.
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Philadelphia schools offer new family-style lunches to students
As part of a new "Eatiquette" program, several Philadelphia schools are serving family-style lunches to students. The Philadelphia schools involved hope the family-style lunches will reinforce good manners and communication skills.
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14 sweet recipes for Valentine's Day
Stir It Up! has 14 delicious, decadent, romantic dessert recipes, sure to bring a smile to your Valentine's face.
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Stir It Up! Butternut squash gnocchi with sausage and sage
A familiar comfort dish in a new place to call home.
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Stir It Up! Pasta with chestnuts, pancetta, and sage
Chestnuts are nutty and slightly sweet and pair beautifully with woodsy sage and salty pancetta. Add them all to a thick pasta for hearty and satisfying meal.
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Stir It Up! Cookbook review: Lidia’s Favorite Recipes
This hearty ziti and sausage dinner layers flavors of Italian sausage, onion, fennel bulb, crushed red pepper, tomato, and Parmesan deliciously. It's adapted from 'Lidia’s Favorite Recipes.'
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Stir It Up! Cookbook review: The Food52 Cookbook, Volume 2
The James Beard Award winning website Food52.com has crowd-sourced another cookbook with its signature charming style.
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Thanksgiving leftovers: Try these classic recipes
Try these creative ways to prolong the chef's grateful rest.
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Global News Blog No more paninis on the piazza? Rome bars tourists from eating at historical sites
Thinking of emulating Audrey Hepburn in the 1953 romantic comedy 'Roman Holiday' by eating a gelato on the Spanish Steps? Think again. It could prove to be a very expensive ice cream.
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Stir It Up! Cookbook review: Bocca by Jacob Kenedy
'Bocca' by Jacob Kenedy is a celebration of Italian food and its rich flavors.
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Stir It Up! Summer joy: Tomato, brie, and herb pasta
With simple ingredients and just a bit of chopping, this sweet and creamy pasta dish comes together without much work or kitchen heat.
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Decoder Wire Obama N.Y.C. fundraiser: Is NoMad hipper than Sarah Jessica Parker's place?
President Obama is to attend a fundraiser Monday in trendy 'NoMad' district in New York. Quick, where is that? Even New Yorkers aren't sure.
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Stir It Up! Italian tuna pasta salad
A cool, quick dinner for hot summer nights.
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Stir It Up! Meatless Monday: Beet risotto
Flavor your dish of risotto with juicy and sweet beets.
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Stir It Up! Meatless Monday: Mushroom and tomato thyme stew with polenta gnocchi
A new use for polenta – as a gnocchi with simmering hot stew on top.
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Stir It Up! Meatless Monday: Wild ramp and lemon risotto
Ramps, the fleeting spring onion, are delicious in a creamy risotto.
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Stir It Up! Homemade gnocchi
A home cook takes on the challenge of making gnocchi from scratch.
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Celebrity chef Mario Batali to serve up $5.25M to restaurant workers
Renowned chef Mario Batali and his business partner have agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of workers at eight New York restaurants. Tip-skimming was one allegation.
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Stir It Up! Meatless Monday: Winter squash and bean stew
A hearty bean and squash stew that will last throughout the week.
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Stir It Up! Curried fig butter biscuits
Serve these buttery sweet rolls with a spicy soup or stew.
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A feast of seven fishes
A Christmas Eve spread -- Italian-style -- draws from the sea and those familiar Mediterranean staples of garlic and olives.
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It's World Pasta Day
Oct. 25 is the global call to pasta. As if we needed any more encouragement. Celebrate with this beef and pork ragú.
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Columbus Day: What's open, what's closed, what's happening?
On Columbus Day, many Americans observe Christopher Columbus's discovery of the New World, which the explorer himself mistakenly thought was India. True, it's not the most exciting holiday on the calendar. It's not even observed in every state, which means Columbus Day comes with a lot of gray area about practical matters, such as who's working and who's not. Here's your practical guide to Columbus Day.
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Meatless Monday: Creamy risotto
If you don't mind stirring, creamy risotto makes a delicious meal for fall.
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Perfect basil pesto
A tried-and-true pesto recipe to help harvest the basil in the garden.
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