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Just Cook It! Spice up winter blues with chili

Two of my favorite things this time of year are foods that help you stay warm and foods that can be cooked with minimal effort.ItĢƵ only natural that the colder weather and earlier nightfall kind of zap some of the energy out of you. All of a sudden the couch and TV sound brilliant and bears ...

Just Cook It! — Comfort food countdown

We’ve had a sample size of winter so far, and so far itĢƵ been a cold one. So cold, in fact, that I have routinely had the song “Baby, ItĢƵ Cold Outside” stuck in my head — the Doris Day and Dean Martin version of course.I’m all for a little frosty chill outside in the dead of ...

Just Cook It: Tackling those food and beverage resolutions

The holiday season is behind us, and itĢƵ time to get back to our normal routines. However, before we get back to our completely normal routines we have the pesky issue of our “New YearĢƵ Resolutions” to deal with. That is, if you in fact have a New YearĢƵ Resolution.According to some ...

Just Cook It: All we are saying is give fruitcake a chance

LetĢƵ talk about fruitcake.We are going to spend an entire column diving head first into one of the most gifted, yet disliked holiday foods. Personally, I really enjoy a good slice of fruitcake. The problem is that a lot of fruitcakes made commercially aren’t good fruitcakes, and because ...

Just Cook It! — Fish in true Italian fashion

My family is very Italian. When I say that, I don’t simply mean that my last name ends with a vowel and I have relatives who came to America from the motherland. While the previous statement remains true, my family (much like other Italian American families) has continued the strong ...

Just Cook It! — A course on the history of Thanksgiving foods

et me be one of the first to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving in print, or on your computer screen if you are reading this at HeraldStandard.com! Today is the day we have all been looking forward to since last Thanksgiving. At the very least, Thanksgiving has been a major topic of discussion for ...