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You can get your food in a hurry at City Limits BBQ. Just know that the new restaurant slow-cooks its rotisserie chicken, smokes racks of ribs and pork for hours, and rolls out dough for the peach cobbler by hand.
Welcome to the dark side.
If you've done any energy-saving work on your home, make sure you check out the Energy Star web site (www.energystar.gov. Click on Tax Credits for Energy Efficiency.) to see whether you qualify for a federal tax credit when you do your 2009 taxes next year.
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1. Cut up chicken, leaving drumsticks and thighs attached. Season chicken with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Refrigerate, covered, until ready to use (up to 24 hours).
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Building your first house? Gingerbread house, that is.
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Now retired, White House Executive Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier kept the executive mansion kitchen stocked with such items as feathers (perfect for making icing look like marble), wood-grain rubber stamps (to make chocolate trees), modeling clay (for a chocolate mold of a former President, perhaps?), and brake line pipe (ideal for blowing sugar into creations mimicking the finest blown glass).
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New Pillsbury Brownie Minis brownie mix contains two envelopes of just-add-water brownie mix and two little oven-safe plastic pans, each with cuplets to make six little mini-brownies. So the box makes 12 total miniature brownies, with (admittedly) very little effort.
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While I truly enjoy savoring a good piece of dark chocolate, given the choice of eating chocolate cake or carrot cake, Bugs Bunny's fav wins paws-down.
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Q. I was wondering if there is an easy way to determine which mushrooms are poisonous. Do certain mushrooms always grow by certain trees? If small rodents feed on certain mushrooms, are they safe to eat? I am just looking for an easy method to identify mushrooms, any help will be appreciated.
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Q. My daughter recently received an invitation from a fellow soon-to-be 9-year-old classmate inviting her to a birthday party.
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If The Man Upstairs has a sense of humor, surely he has a big smile on his face today.
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On Monday, Nov. 2, I saw my first hint of the holidays.
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Q. Well, it's almost Halloween, and my elderly mother is asking for Walnettos. Does anyone sell them locally? I've checked online and can find 5-pound bags, but that's a bit too many Walnettos for Mom. Any thoughts?
