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Monday, December 1, 2008

Restaurants

Blaine, unchained

Carol's Restaurant

The 763 suburb, one of the state's fastest-growing communities, offers more for diners than an endless string of chains.

Cookie exchange: Share your favorites, find something new

Visit our one-stop holiday cookie-baking destination, brought to you by Taste staffers Lee Svitak Dean and Rick Nelson.

From woods to table

For a taste of the hunt, add forest flavors to venison.

Chili can counter turkey fatigue

Your best bet to counter turkey fatigue is to disguise it by throwing it in with tomatoes and beans and making turkey chili.

Does hen confinement affect quality of eggs?

Free to roam

Grocery shoppers are often bombarded with confusing egg carton claims, including "cage free," "free range" and "pastured."

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Pairing wine and food: A contest

Wine geniuses Leslee Miller -- certified sommelier and consultant -- and Bill Summerville -- co-owner La Belle Vie -- pair wines with three dishes that Dakota Jazz Club Executive Chef Jack Riebel prepares. Riebel tastes their choices and declares the winner for each dish. Here's Miller's site: http://amuseewine.com/

Turkey Reubens for the day after

Turkey reubens

We all adore indulging together in roast turkey and trimmings, but truth be told, we are all just as crazy about the dishes we make on the following days with the leftovers from this special meal.

New Taste cookbook

"Come One, Come All/ Easy Entertaining with Seasonal Menus" is a collection of 32 menus with recipes that make dinner parties do-able.

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