Articles for category: Food & Wine

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Top 5 Best Drinking Games of All Time

Everyone likes a good party, but parties aren’t always good. Well what is it that really gets a party started then? Is it a bunch of people? Frozen shot slides? Foam or brightly colored paint? While all these features might make a party better, the one thing every party needs to get started is a ...

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All About Cranberries: How to Buy, Store and Recipe Uses

The discovery of heath benefits from this tiny and tart fruit has brought the cranberry from the Thanksgiving dinner table to the weeknight dinner table and beyond. Fresh cranberries are inexpensive, promote kidney and cardiovascular health and have a tart and tangy flavor that works well in baked goods, side dishes and sauces. How to ...

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The Top Five Pizza Places in Metro Detroit

Now that Labor Day has come and gone again, the culinary question of the day is about to change from “What are we throwing on the grill tonight?” to “What in the world are we going to have for dinner?” And many times, the allure of pizza is just too much to overcome: it’s quick, ...

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Gamer Grub Product Review

I had been seeing something called “Gamer Grub” in stores a lot recently so I finally decided to give it a try. I play a lot of video games and Gamer Grub is a performance snack made specifically for gamers (duh). It seemed like a match made in heaven. But how was it? TASTE Since ...

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Product Review: Kellogg’s Special K Blueberry

For any fan of Kellogg’s Special K family of cereals, there is a new option on the store shelves: Special K Blueberry. This intriguing new cereal is probably playing off the success of the incredibly popular Special K Red Berries (I mean, who would want plain Special K if you can have delicious dehydrated strawberry ...

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Banty (Bantam) Chickens and Their Popularity

The town that I live in has a very small population. Unlike other communities, we don’t have zoning. Since we are located in a rural area, many individuals in our town raise different types of animals. We have people that raise and train Bird Dogs, have Pigeons, Sheep, Rabbits, and Chickens. It is not unusual ...

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How to Make Crab Rangoon at Home

Crab rangoons are delicious little fried wonton that are stuffed with a mixture of crab and cream cheese. They can also be accompanied by several other ingredients to taste, but are great plain. Most people who have had crab rangoon have had them in a Chinese food restaurant, but have never attempted to make them ...

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An Introduction to the Different Types of Thai Curry

For exciting flavors, intriguing dishes, and powerfully hot blends of chilis, herbs, and spices, simply look to Thailand for inspiration. For those of you who have never experienced the freshly exciting, hot taste of a thai curry dish, you may not be aware that there are actually six main distinctive flavors and types of curry, ...

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Homemade Salsa

I was married to this Mexican guy once. His mother was an amazing cook. During the four years we were together I learned a few tips and tricks for cooking authentic Mexican food. One of her specialties was salsa. Several times I begged her for her salsa recipe but never gave it to me. She ...

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Cooking Clams is so Easy Even I Can Do It!

Preparing clams is even easier than mac & cheese! So give it a try! Let me start by stating that I am by no means a cuisine cook. And when it comes to seafood I am in very foreign waters, my family did not explore anything more complicated than a simple fish! Last year my ...