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National Advice for the Kitchen Enthusiast

Ten essential kitchen tools

A well stocked pantry can take you to culinary heights, but without the proper tools to get you there, you may fall farther than you soar. The...
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Cake mixes with 8 natural ingredients now in Twin Cities Stores - Naturally Nora

Naturally Nora cake and brownie mixes are changing how people bake at home.With only eight natural ingredients (that means no high fructose corn...
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Pasture-Raised Food Directory for Minnesota and Across the U.S.

Eggs that are fresh off the farm from pasture-raised hens have double the Vitamin E (great for immune system), 2.5 times as much omega-3 fatty...
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Where I buy certain foods - my grocery store selections in the Twin Cities

This Sunday's Star Tribune indicated we love SuperTarget so much it's changing our shopping habits. Hey, I go there, too, but not for...
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Dishwasher Tips - The Distracted Cook reveals secrets

I, the Distracted Cook, am on a temporary holiday from making extensive meals - our dishwasher finally expired after 11 years of serving our family...
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Widespread Food Recall - Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein is in thousands of foods - get complete list

I feel responsible for letting readers know when things get out of hand with recalls. This is one of those times. The manufactureris Basic Food...
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I bought a gallon of chip dip at Costco for a Vikings Super Bowl party and now no one's coming

Let's say this past weekend, you swiped a few dips into that gallon tub of Sour Cream Dip during the game thatwas really meant for a big Super...
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The best egg cracking tip ever

My friend, Molly, is a subscriber to this column. She told me that a tip about cracking eggs I had published within an articleof many tips really...
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The best fresh garlic cooking tip ever

Hey! I realize I post a lot of recipes using fresh garlic so thought I'd share the best garlic tip ever: Microwave the clove, in its skin for...
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Parkers Farm Food Recall - Throw away that Peanut Butter and other products

I use Parkers Farm Peanut Butter - it is a Coon Rapids based company and their products are widely available in Twin Cities grocery stores. Not...
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