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If there's ever an excuse to make the mashed potatoes from "New Classic Family Dinners," Thanksgiving is it! 1 1/2 cups of heavy cream AND 3 sticks of butter for two pounds of potatoes? Sign me up!

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Cook the Book: 'Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating'

Can I just say how much I love Mark Bittman? So much so that when he posted a comment I sent him on one of his blog posts, I screamed like a little girl. Seriously. I'm flying my geek flag.

Anyway, the lesson I took is that you don't have to have a complex recipe, and will often end up with a better meal by using a simpler recipe, letting really fresh or quality ingredients shine through.

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Win a Free Organic D'Artagnan Turkey

If there's ever an excuse to make the mashed potatoes from "New Classic Family Dinners," Thanksgiving is it! 1 1/2 cups of heavy cream AND 3 sticks of butter for two pounds of potatoes? Sign me up!

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Cook the Book: 'Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating'

Can I just say how much I love Mark Bittman? So much so that when he posted a comment I sent him on one of his blog posts, I screamed like a little girl. Seriously. I'm flying my geek flag.

Anyway, the lesson I took is that you don't have to have a complex recipe, and will often end up with a better meal by using a simpler recipe, letting really fresh or quality ingredients shine through.

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Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'

I made a date cake and used baking soda instead of baking powder. It looked fine at first, then the top layers began to eat themselves. Craters started to appear and grow, and the whole thing turned the consistency of a wet sponge. I had to toss the whole thing.

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Cook the Book: 'A Platter of Figs'

Apples for sure, in a crisp with a sugary, flaky crumble top and a scoop of warm ice cream.

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Cook the Book: 'Chocolate Epiphany'

Easy: a Valrhona chocolate cake from Bacchanalia restaurant in Atlanta. Oh, how I miss it.

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Review of the New 'M&M's Premiums': Fancy-Pants, Expensive, and Kinda Gross

I was intrigued after reading the review on Candy Blog, and my local Target had them on sale, so I picked up the Triple Chocolate and the Mocha varieties. The mocha wasn't too bad -- while the chocolate was bland and the consistency disturbing (no hard shell? what's the point?), there was a hint of mocha that I enjoyed. Triple chocolate, on the other hand, was simply terrible. It was LESS flavorful than the normal M&Ms, and although the jewel-inspired coating is pretty, its waxy film is almost nauseating. Not only will I not buy them again, I'll use what's left in my boxes to warn others before they sink the cost.

One last note: My dog watched my husband eating a handful of these last night, and actually barked EACH TIME he lifted on to his mouth. I think it was her attempt at a warning.

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Ruby Tuesday Punks Us All, Blows Up Wrong Restaurant

I saw the video and didn't understand. Could this be a joke?, I wondered. Because it wasn't funny. Fail, indeed.

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Spiedie Fest This Weekend in Upstate New York

Will do! I'm, of course, mostly interested in the food, but the hot air balloons and the musical acts and meet-and-greets are of interest, too. Supposedly, there are four pre-planned wedding proposals planned already for the balloon rides; musical acts include Vanessa Carlton, Ace Young and (more cowbell!) Blue Oyster Cult; meet-and-greets mostly involve minor players on Hannah Montana, so I'll be skipping that. But I'll be on hand Sunday for the spiedie cook-off, which will (in my book) be the highlight of the weekend!

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Spiedie Fest This Weekend in Upstate New York

Hey, thanks for giving Spiedie Fest (and the Southern Tier) a shout-out! I moved to Binghamton two years ago and will be attending the festival for the first time this year. I'm a regular Serious Eats reader, and it's nice to see that our premier festival is getting a little love.

Spiedies -- the meat itself, anyway -- reminds me of the way Persian meats are marinated, though locals swear it was created right here. And the best part about spieidies is that they can be made with virtually any kind of meat. I've been told that shark spiedies are especially good! You can buy the "official" marinade here in local grocery stores.

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Cook the Book: Serves One

Macaroni and cheese from a box -- nothing less, nothing more!

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Dinner Tonight: Garlic Scape Pesto

Our garlic pesto that we made last year had too much of a bite, so lack of flavor wasn't the problem. We didn't follow a recipe, just added items to the food processor until it felt right.

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The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate

I agree on the Ben & Jerry's strawberry cheesecake ice cream. The strawberry cream flavor coupled with the graham cracker swirl is divine!

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Cook the Book: 'Screen Doors and Sweet Tea'

It's definitely got to be sweet tea, made the authentic way, with real sugar stirred into still-hot tea and cooled down with a pitcherful of ice cubes.

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Cook the Book: New South Grilling

Seafood gumbo. We were a Southern family, and this was my dad's signature dish. He made it just a couple times a year, but I can still smell that roux in the air and taste the okra.

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Cook the Book: 'Top Chef'

I would totally make my pimento cheese served on hot skinny cornbread. A Southern masterpiece!

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Win a Free Organic D'Artagnan Turkey

Congrats to our winner yellowrice, and thanks to everyone who entered! The winner has been notified and the Contest Winners page has been updated.

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Mmmmm. Pan roasted brussels sprouts with candied pepitas and cider vinegar!

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Cornbread Stuffing Muffins with Ham and Sage, from 'Bon Appétit'. The recipe is just ho hum but the idea that every person maximizes their stuffing crispy bits due to the muffin tins is amazing.

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The Cranberry Relish with Orange and Ginger sounds great! I love cranberries with orange juice/zest. I've tried lots of variations, but never with ginger before.

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I could stick my whole face in the pumpkin pie brulee right now.

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The Pumpkin Cheesecake with Marshmallow-Sour Cream Topping and Gingersnap Crust from 'Bon Appétit' sounds like something that I'd need to be alone with in the shower..mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

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Honey brined and smoked turkey for me. I live on the seventh floor of an apartment house so I gave my brother a smoker for Christmas last year so he could smoke me some turkey.

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The Pioneer Woman's Sweet Potatoes sound very tasty.

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I'm in love with pumpkins this season. So naturally I would pick Pumpkin Pie Brulee. I love cracking the sugar on top!

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the pumpkin cheesecake, and any combo of dessert and pumpkin

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Mark Bittman's braised and glazed brussels sprouts will be on our table this year

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Ham in coca-cola!! i can make a soda exception in this case. mmmm

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I like the Cook's Illustrated's Roasted Brined Turkey, but I'd substitute a Weber for the oven.

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Nice recipes......................Can I have the turkey?

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The butternut squash apple cranberry bake looks so great and I have been trying to decide on a diff. recipe for my butternut squash!! THanks!

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Sautéed Brussels Sprouts With Bacon -- hardly anyone in my family (except my dad and I) likes brussels sprouts, so maybe this is the year I can convert them!

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Honey-brined and smoked turkey ......sounds AMAZING !

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