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An Easy Summer Dinner for When It's Just Too Hot to Cook

An Easy Summer Dinner for When It’s Just Too Hot to Cook

by guest blogger Stephanie Eckelkamp, senior associate editor at Prevention magazine Most summers, I actually find the thought of cooking kind of nauseating—the kitchen of a brick house built in 1925 with no air conditioning is not a happy place. And roasted veggies, normally a dietary staple, have now been figuratively packed up and thrown in […]

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A New Great Way to Cook a Whole Chicken

A New Great Way to Cook a Whole Chicken

By guest blogger Paul Kita, food & nutrition editor at Men’s Health You’ll need a skillet, some mayonnaise, and a brick… Fast food tries to fool us about chicken. Ask a poultry farmer to point out the nugget on a Cornish Cross and watch what happens. Request that a butcher pack you up a bag […]

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Maria’s Fried Country Chicken! Part 2

Maria’s Fried Country Chicken! Part 2

You’ve heard me say it before: I love fried chicken (in moderation, of course). But the chicken recipe’s got to be worth it. To me, the perfect fried chicken is nice and batter-y, is organic, has its skin on, and is good and crispy. If I have to eat fried chicken out, KFC original recipe […]

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Ardie's Garlic Chicken

Ardie’s Garlic Chicken

Memorial Day isn’t just a holiday for picnics; it’s a holiday for remembering. I love to remember my lost relatives (although none of them served in the military) by making their recipes and tasting the past with them. For my mother’s mother, I always enjoy making her Ham and String Bean Soup (a real Pennsylvania […]

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Grilling! Quick and Easy Lemon Garlic Chicken

Grilling! Quick and Easy Lemon Garlic Chicken

Ah, it’s grilling season. Nothing tastes quite as good as something cooked outdoors and infused with the flavor of wood smoke. Yes, I mean real grilling—with charcoal and wood. No dangerous-looking propane tanks for me…and certainly, no lighter fluid! We’ve had a lot of grills over the years. My husband prefers a cheap Weber, but […]

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