Disney picks up blogger mom's recipe site
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2/11/2009, by Kathy Lauer-Williams
The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (MCT) - In the increasingly competitive world of blogs, a Bethlehem, Pa., mom of seven has made a name for herself in cyberspace, posting low-cost recipes for moms on the go. Two years ago, fledgling blogger Anne Coleman was blogging about her family recipes, when ...
They're yummy, they're cute and they're showing up all over
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2/11/2009, by Susan Selasky
Detroit Free Press (MCT) - By now, many of us have given up on New Year's resolutions to lose weight _ and we're in the midst of a snowy, cold winter. So it's time to bake up some sunshine with cupcakes.
Cupcakes are featured on the February covers of Martha Stewart Living and Better Homes & ...
Delivering pheasant to presidents
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2/11/2009, by Karen Herzog
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT) - The pheasant served at white tablecloth restaurants and President Barack Obama's inaugural luncheon bears little resemblance to the game bird that hunters flush out of cornfields and brushy thickets. A restaurant-bound pheasant is white _ prized because white pin ...
Coming together around a book: The meals of ‘Mockingbird'
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2/11/2009, by Kathleen Purvis
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - When I was 13 years old, my mother put something special in my Easter basket. It was a paperback copy of "To Kill a Mockingbird." Mother was a librarian, and she had her own notions about the best way to nourish children.
She was certainly right on this one. Malted ...
Food can play big role in maintaining, restoring health
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2/11/2009, by Sharon Thompson
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - When you get a cold, do you spend hours at the drugstore trying to find a remedy that will stop the sneezing and dull the headache? Why bother? The best prescription for a cold is to eat right, rest and drink plenty of fluids. But even better, we can prevent cold ...
A no-tech world is no place to be
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2/11/2009, by Barbara Brotman
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - I felt desperate as I drove. My second trip to Starbucks in four hours; how pathetic was this? But I had to have a fix. Caffeine? Sure, I'd take some. But that wasn't what I really needed. I was there, again, as I would be again in 12 more hours, for the Internet access.
So ...
Expert tips on growing tomatoes at home
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2/11/2009, by Beth Botts
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - Sure, lettuce is easy. Radishes are fast. But if you're only going to grow one vegetable, chances are it will be tomatoes. Americans love tomatoes. We ate more than 20 pounds of fresh tomatoes per capita in 2007, according to the Agricultural Marketing Resource Center, and ...
Former White House chef dishes on first families and famous guests
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2/11/2009, by Joan Obra
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Let's be honest: Americans are obsessed with life in the White House _ from what presidents eat to behind-the-scenes gossip about events. And who better to share such stories than Roland Mesnier, the White House executive pastry chef for 25 years? Mesnier dishes on the ...
Time to get ready for digital TV
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2/11/2009, by Troy Wolverton
San Jose Mercury News (MCT) - The digital television transition may have been delayed, but there's no better time than the present to prepare for it. That's because despite the deadline's postponement, some local stations plan to switch off their analog transmissions later this month anyway. ...
Dream home with energy-saving realities
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2/5/2009, by Alan J. Heavens
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT) - Just a few miles south of 6755 Agave Azul Court, in suburban Henderson, Nev., there were at last count 6,300 homes in some stage of the foreclosure process. Yet here at the edge of the Strip, in one of this desert resort's oldest neighborhoods, stands the National ...
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