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Help! What went wrong?

Everyone does it sometime. You're following a recipe to the letter. And yet .... SOMETHING GOES WRONG. The fudge fails. The roast is tough. The sauce breaks. "What did I do?" you moan — and thus begins the search for the cause of the mess.

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The test of time and time again
May. 5th — Seems to me almost all recipes are ripped off. A gentler way to look at it is that all recipes are borrowed, or taken in, like stray kittens. You may not conceive a recipe, but a favorite stands so tall in your heart that you feel for it a tremendous sense of ownership, not to mention gratitude to those who owned it before you.
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Isn't that convenient?
10 packaged products no kitchen should be without
May. 1st — Yes, cooking from scratch is almost always better. Good ingredients are the key to great results. But convenience has its place, even in the best kitchens. Here are 10 products we always have on hand. We've named names when the brand is important. If there's no name, any brand is fine.
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The case for a raw-food diet
Apr. 26th — A raw-food diet - basically raw fruits, vegetables and whole grains - has plenty of advocates, but whether it's the right choice for a cancer patient is open to question.
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It's all kugel
Apr. 24th — Passover involves asking questions, especially the Seder ones that start with "Why is this night different from all other nights?" So let's start with a question: How do you decide what's a kugel when a kugel can be almost anything?
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Made for TV dinners
Welcome back your favorite show with a special menu
Apr. 20th — Your favorite primetime TV shows are coming back, and you've waited so long, you don't want to miss a single minute - even if it's dinnertime.
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‘Ch-ch-ch-chia!' The super little seeds are more than a jingle
Apr. 17th — Chia seeds are best known for providing the fast-growing greenery on little clay "pets," but it's time to start thinking of them as a supergrain. Chia reportedly contains more omega-3 fatty acids than flaxseed, more fiber than bran and more protein than soy.
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Letting off steam
Apr. 9th — Stovetop. Microwave. Bags. What's the best method of getting crisp and flavorful veggies? We test them all.
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Eggs-citing news
May. 2nd — Like Humpty Dumpty, the common egg has had a great fall. And, despite their best efforts, nutrition experts are having a hard time putting the "incredible, edible egg" back together again.
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Asparagus shunned by skeptics
Apr. 27th — While I fantasize about having more asparagus than I can possibly eat, I understand that not everyone shares this passion. At the same time, I can’t tell whether the asparagus detractors are a significant segment of the eating population, as I don’t think anyone polls for this sort of thing. Without hard data, we are left to speculate, which is more fun anyway.
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Grill talk
More women leaving the kitchen, heading for the outdoor grill
Apr. 25th — With the health benefits and the simple clean-up, one would think it would be easy for women to get over the idea of grilling being too scary or for men only. But Catherine Mayhew says after thinking about it, she came up with the root of the grill dismissal by her friends — the same ones who crowd her house to chow down on her home-grilling.
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Chill factor
Cooling chicken with air, rather than water, improves flavor, some producers say
Apr. 23rd — Air-chilled is red hot. In the world of poultry, natural, free-range and organic have become all-too familiar labels. Now, look for another one at high-end grocery stores near you: air-chilled.
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The spring elegance of asparagus
Apr. 18th — Spring produce starts to trickle into the grocery store like little bulbs sprouting daffodils after lying dormant all winter. Among the produce filling bins this month is asparagus. And they'll continue to be prevalent until June, so you have plenty of time to prepare this healthful and kitchen-friendly vegetable.
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Country singer's cookbook gets back to Georgia comfort foods
Apr. 14th — One of the key things the Yearwood women had to do for Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen was make sure they could make the Brunswick stew.
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Serve a springtime brunch with bliss
Apr. 2nd — Come this way, up the garden steps and into a back yard where the patio is shaded by an old avocado tree. Fill a plate from a buffet of dishes as springlike as they are fresh and take a seat in the mild morning sun.
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