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Put food safety on Thanksgiving menu

With visions of turkey dancing in our collective heads, families across the country are preparing their Thanksgiving Day menus.


Put food safety on Thanksgiving menu
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Tavern in trouble for selling New Glarus beer
A Thanksgiving tuber tutorial
Numbers add up to worry-free Thanksgiving
Sandwiches and more with Thanksgiving leftovers
Cooking with seasons a priority for Osteria chef
Guy Savoy's rice pudding is luxury by the spoonful
Extra sweet potatoes? Make pudding
Outta the Box
Food 411
Tastings Around Town
A better turkey meal deal
Rain may put pumpkin pie in peril, Nestle says
Leggo my Eggo! Kellogg fights waffle shortage
Making pie crust? Be cool
Thanksgiving how-to videos
Be grateful for good wine
Casting aside the green bean casserole
Honoring tradition with classic potatoes
Show leftovers plenty of love
Grocery trends to watch for in 2010
Outta the Box
Food 411
Tastings Around Town

Talking turkey at Butterball U
For Butterball, the nation's top-selling turkey brand, preparing for out-of-left-field calls is serious business. Each year, Butterball LLC puts on Butterball University — this year, five days of training for newcomers to the the hot line that answers 12,000 calls on Thanksgiving Day alone.
Holiday bird: Forget fancy; bring on flavor
Deciding which Thanksgiving dishes to make healthy
Thanksgiving needs more razzle dazzle
Can the canned cran: Easy takes on cranberry sauce
A cornucopia of leftover ideas
Seasoning rubs an easy way to flavor a turkey
Want a flavorful turkey? Wrap it in bacon
Pumpkin pie gets a chocolatey makeover
Poor weather affects pumpkin harvest
Butcher and grill to keep Thanksgiving quick, easy
Pierogi lovers' 'heaven' is in a basement
Rain may put pumpkin pie in peril: Nestle
Bears fans, time to get your game on
For a healthier pie, start by cutting the crust
Mix green bean tradition with something blue
Recipe ideas use what you have: Canned pumpkin
New twist on Thanksgiving: Breadstick braids
This holiday, we do the math, you do the cooking
Cut costs for Thanksgiving feast
It's back to basics for chili-loving Bears fans
New products debut for Thanksgiving
For the best fast food, head west




Putting a good spin on a bad habit
Snacks happen. No one knows this better than America's food industry, which obligingly offers citizens an array of sweets and savories in small, far-too-easy-to-eat portions. Yet it's hard to get through the day without those mid-morning, mid-afternoon, late-night noshes. So what's an increasingly health-conscious population to do?
Putting a good spin on a bad habit
42 scoops of ice cream? No match for 18 kids
Flipping out: Tarte Tatin gives Thanksgiving a French flair
Barbecue scoreboard: Merle's 2, Megabiters 0
Potpourri
What and where
The Berghoff Cafe Cookbook: Old family favorites reinvented for the home cook
Big prime rib and a long good-bye at Don Roth's
Potpourri
Who, what, where
Warming to shawarmas: Iraq veterans adapt to Middle Eastern cuisine
Dish is a skillet meal fit for a cast-iron stomach
Potpourri
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Halloween Dilemma How to manage that 'trick or treat' loot
Eat this cheeseburger in Evanston and call 911
What and where


Find delicious fare at Lost Marsh

The Restaurant at The Lost Marsh is one of the sleekest additions to the Northwest Indiana dining scene. The restaurant is in the stately new clubhouse building of the Lost Marsh Golf Course, an impressive prairie-style building with slanted roofs, long horizontal lines and wide eaves inspired by the designs of architect Frank Lloyd Wright.


Find delicious fare at Lost Marsh
How to prepare the holiday bird
Think Thanksgiving leftovers for a brunch-time hash
Baked and mashed potatoes in the same bite
How to roll out pie dough
Give thanks for a safe dinner
Frugally festive wines
No need to get fancy to get good turkey meat
Can the canned cran: Easy takes on cranberry sauce
Deciding which Thanksgiving dishes to make healthy
Recipe ideas that use what's on hand
Hotlines ready for your call
Right tools key to best-tasting spuds
BROWN SUGAR AND CIDER TURKEY RUB
Frost on a pumpkin cake of adds citrus
MAPLE WHISKEY GLAZED CARROTS
CRANBERRY PEAR FRANGIPANI PIE
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