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Food fit for a Tiger
It was a little after 5 p.m. when I was escorted into kitchen. Soon, six hors d'oeuvres and a three-course dinner would be served to more than 700 guests attending the Tiger Woods Learning Center 2008 Block Party. At the center of the food flurry stood...
Quick Fix: Cranberry glaze gives tenderloin a seasonal kick
Next to chops, a pork tenderloin is one of the fastest cooking pork cuts. Small in diameter, the tenderloin can cook in just 20 minutes or so on the stovetop or in the oven. That makes it a perfect weeknight solution for dinner. It teams well with all...
Uncorked: A wine fan's New Year's resolutions
Despite what you may have heard, wine lovers are not perfect. We need New Year's resolutions, too. Here are mine: • I will lose 30 pounds (OK, that's out of the way). • I will taste every wine I come across that I've never heard of before....
Realistic advice for getting kids to eat healthy
Any parent not vexed by the amount of time, worry and finesse required to feed a child well these days is either the inventor of the Food Pyramid or is rich enough to employ a nanny/nutritionist/professional chef/circus clown. Which is to say, almost...
Neighbor's Recipe: Grandma Anna's German Butterball Soup
Foods are family memories. There's your aunt's huckleberry pie, your mother's chicken-fried steak or your uncle's rum toddy. For Troy Walker, it's his Grandma Anna's German Butterball Soup. "Grandma Anna took great pride in being a homemaker, back in...
Quick Fix: One-pot meal dresses up chops
Spicy tomato salsa perks up pork chops in a one-pot meal that takes only 15 minutes to cook. If you keep the ingredients on hand — pork and peas in the freezer, fresh pasta in the fridge, salsa on the shelf — you won't have to go to the market. This...
Uncorked: Break out the sparklers
Hooray for sparkling wine. It's not Champagne, and it doesn't pretend to be. But it's the same idea — still wines allowed to re-ferment in the bottle to create those bubbles that make it the beverage of celebration. It's great as an aperitif or...
Leftovers, anyone?
Christmas has come and gone. You feasted and partied until your belly ached, but there is still lots and lots of food left over. If you ever see a turkey, ham or tamale again, it will be too soon. Then there's the stuffing, green bean casserole and plethora...
Uncomplicated appetizers jump-start holiday parties
I love the casual appeal of serve-yourself dips and spreads. Whether served as a preliminary offering for an at-home holiday gathering, or contributed to the fare at a friend's shindig, these trough-style appetizers are delicious and easy to prepare....
Quick Fix: Fast-cooking barley makes fast work of stew
Barley is good for you, and fast-cooking barley is fast for you, so — with the help of the microwave — we're using that convenience product for a swiftly assembled stew-meets-soup (stewp?) starring chicken and barley. Speeding up the process...
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