Veterans Day Cooking with the Troops Event

Heather asked me to do a quick post to let you know she’s at the Cooking with the Troops Veterans Day event today, at the NASDAQ stock exchange in New York City, and she sounded very excited about it. She told me about a veteran who was shown on the big screen for all to …

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Countdown to Turkey Day 2011: November 9 Assign the Serving Dishes

Heather says: How are you serving your meal? Will it be family style with everyone seated around the table or are you setting up a buffet where everyone helps themselves? Now it’s time to take a look at your menu and take an inventory of your serving dishes. Next to each menu item write down …

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Countdown to Turkey Day 2011: November 4 The Soft Menu Plan

Heather says: Yay! Another pen and paper exercise or maybe if you’re wired weird and serving a bunch of people it’ll be a Google spreadsheet. I’m still being teased for that, if you must know. Today’s exercise is not the final menu. Divide your sheet of paper into three columns. Label them: My ideal menu …

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Countdown to Turkey Day 2011: November 3

Heather says: Thanksgiving will be here in three weeks. If you have company coming, now is not the time to launch any big home improvement type projects. I’m not talking about necessary repair, if you have a hole in your roof, by all means get it fixed. If you’ve never played host over a holiday, …

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Just For Fun

GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED Just for fun, I’m going to randomly give away a copy of Home-Ec 101: Skills for Everyday Living – Cook it, Clean it, Fix it, Wash it Home-Ec 101: Skills for Everyday Living. No purchase is necessary must be 18 years or older, and for shipping purposes, you must live in the United …

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Super Spicy Boiled Peanuts

Brian says: Having roots in the South means possessing certain privileges that other regions don’t have and spend millions of dollars trying to replicate. Sweet tea, soul food and southern hospitality just to name a few. Boiled peanuts have a simple past in this region but are enjoyed by visitors, natives and transplants alike. Each has …

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