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A Christmas Anthology

A Christmas Anthology
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"Christmas" means something slightly different to everyone. For some, it's a time of community traditions and religious celebration. For others, it's a family time, where loved ones gather around their own traditions. For others still, like myself, we really don't have much in the way of tradition, or we did at one point, but as
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Finger Lakes Wine Review — Kayuga

Finger Lakes Wine Review — Kayuga
Posted in : 21, alcohol, food, foodie, funny, humor, story, Uncategorized on by : Jeanette Rueb

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Yesterday, for one of my friend's 21st birthday celebrations, a group of us went on a wine tour around Cayuga Lake. We ended up going to six wineries (well, five and a cider mill), which was about three more than was probably healthy for me, but we had a great time and tried lots of
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Mini Zucchini Muffins

Posted in : baking, bread, food, foodie, funny, healthy, humor, recipe, story, Uncategorized on by : Jeanette Rueb

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Yesterday, when I biked to my Poppa's house, I noticed a little produce stand in front of a house around the block from my apartment. Their sign read "SQUASH, 60¢," and I kid you not, these squash were all about the length of my forearm and about the same circumference as both of my fists
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Friendship Bread

Friendship Bread
Posted in : baking, bread, food, food history, foodie, recipe, story, Uncategorized on by : Jeanette Rueb
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Friendship bread is something I first learned about in middle school as part of a science project. Making it takes a long time, if you do it the traditional way, as you have to grow and feed the yeast for about a few weeks before it's ready. You need to feed it, burp it, keep
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Kitchen Safety — The “Boo-Boo” Edition

Kitchen Safety — The “Boo-Boo” Edition
Posted in : first aid, foodie, funny, humor, safety, story, Uncategorized on by : Jeanette Rueb

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As I mentioned in the previous edition of Kitchen Safety: Controlled Pyrotechnics, I'm posting this from the Wild West, so I apologize if it's coming out at a weird time (I'm actually in Salt Lake City, today, for a concert).Anyway, I figure a piece on first aid isn't a bad idea. If you spend enough
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Kitchen Safety — Controlled Pyrotechnics

Kitchen Safety — Controlled Pyrotechnics
Comments : 1 Posted in : fire, foodie, funny, humor, safety, story, Uncategorized on by : Jeanette Rueb

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I received a comment from a reader, not too long ago, suggesting I write a piece on fire safety. "Suggestion: In a later post (yes I'm reading these backwards) you instruct your loyal readers how to incinerate their kitchen a la flambe. How about a post on kitchen first aid and fire suppression? After all minor
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10 Kitchen Confessions

10 Kitchen Confessions
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Nobody's perfect. The kitchen is a place of art and mastery, but before we reach that level of skill, we've got to make some mistakes.If you're ever feeling like a bit of a klutz in the kitchen, here's an article that will hopefully make you feel a bit better about yourself, knowing that you are
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Food for Thought

Comments : 2 Posted in : food, food history, foodie, funny, head cheese, humor, story, Uncategorized on by : Jeanette Rueb

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Head cheese.Also known as "brawn" or, when pickled in vinegar, "souse," head cheese is one of those food words that, as a kid, triggered strange thoughts of a skull full of Swiss cheese or some weird biology experiment. But what really is head cheese? And, for goodness sake, why does it exist?!Head cheese, as you
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Cooking 101 — Pyromaniac’s Edition

Posted in : flambe, food history, foodie, funny, humor, story, techniques, Uncategorized on by : Jeanette Rueb

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Usually, when something in your kitchen is on fire, it's a problem. That is, unless you are a skilled chef in the art of flambé.Flambé, or simply flambe, for those of you who don't have a French keyboard installed, is a method of cooking where alcohol is added to a hot pan, causing it to
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Apple Pies Are Really Not My Thing

Comments : 1 Posted in : apple pie, baking, food, funny, humor, story, Uncategorized on by : Jeanette Rueb

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In honor of Pi Day, on March 14, here is a post on pie!On more than one occasion, I have tried making apple pie. It's an American classic. You see it in movies and TV shows, you read about it in books, and you eat it at picnics. Surely, it couldn't be that difficult to make.Surely,
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