Roasted Spicy Pumpkin Seeds - makes 1 cup - Zest Factor: Medium Ingredients 1 cup pumpkin seeds 1 tablespoon olive oil or vegetable oil 1/2 teaspoon sweet paprika (or smoked paprika would work nicely too) 1/2 teaspoon chili powder 1/2...
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"The result was a warm, sweet, 175-calorie snack halfway between a granola bar and an oatmeal cookie." My friend Stacey is my travel buddy. Together, we've motored through most of the South and driven across a good chunk of Northern...
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"They are like potato chips for sweets fiends, and you could eat a whole sack of them before noticing they were gone." Belles Lettres When I was in second grade, I had a little cubby hole—a mailbox for returned art...
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Asian Shrimp Toast is one of those decadent foods I find irresistible. I even like the way it sounds rolling off my tongue: Asian Shrimp Toast. Isn't Shrimp Toast always Asian? Anyway, Tom Valenti in You Don't Have to Be...
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With a big move happening this weekend, and my kitchen all packed up, I wanted to make sure there was some food that didn't require the use of utensils during the endless hours of packing. Along with some leftover...
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©iStockphoto.com/hidesy Serious bacon lovers know that if bacon had a team in the NFL, it would most certainly be in the Super Bowl. So if you're having people over for the big game, or even if you're watching with...
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Serious bacon lovers know that if bacon had a team in the NFL, it would most certainly be in the Super Bowl. So if you're having people over for the big game, or even if you're watching with immediate family,...
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Serious bacon lovers know that if bacon had a team in the NFL, it would most certainly be in the Super Bowl. So if you're having people over for the big game, or even if you're watching with immediate family,...
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If the American flag were to be redesigned in our time, you could make a strong case for ditching the old red, white, and blue in favor of three shades of brown. Indeed, you can't get much more American...
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Serious bacon lovers know that if bacon had a team in the NFL, it would most certainly be in the Super Bowl. So if you're having people over for the big game, or even if you're watching with immediate family,...
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