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No need to get fancy to get good turkey meat

No need to get fancy to get good turkey meat

Deep-frying. Wood-smoking. Sous vide. The mind-numbing number of suggestions for mining flavor from the typically unforgiving Thanksgiving bird have proliferated in recent years.

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We do the math, you do the cooking

We do the math, you do the cooking

Preparing Thanksgiving dinner is enough of a pressure cooker, never mind having to do on-the-fly math to get it right. Here are all the numbers you need to have a safe, worry-free and delicious Turkey Day dinner.

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Travel Channel's 'Food' man coming to Iowa

Travel Channel's 'Food' man coming to Iowa

Adam Richman has a love affair with food. The people who turn food into a class system? Not as much.

Nov 18, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…

Extension service is talking turkey

The University of Illinois Extension Web site, Turkey for the Holidays, is loaded with information about cooking techniques, selection, nutrition, food-safety issues, how to use leftovers and tasty side dishes to serve.

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Cookbook proceeds benefit Bookmobile

The Friends of the Eldridge Library have collected some of Scott County's best recipes and compiled them into a new cookbook titled "Scott County Cooks."

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Taste of Chamber is slated for Thursday

Taste of Chamber is slated for Thursday

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Taste of the Market will be Saturday

The Freight House Farmers Market will host Taste of the Market from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at 421 W. River Drive, Davenport.

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Versatile sausage wrap has it all for $2

Editor's note: The SpendThrift column offers tips and recipes for cooking on a budget. Most meals will serve four with leftovers for under $10.

Nov 11, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…

Pie pops are tasty, easy to make

Pie pops are tasty, easy to make

How much cute can you handle in a pie?

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Necco wafers go all-natural

Necco wafers go all-natural

BOSTON (AP) - All-natural may be all the rage in the food world, but will candy lovers have a sweet tooth for beet juice and purple cabbage?

Nov 11, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…

Cumin and rosemary make deeply flavored lamb chops

These simple, but well-seasoned, lamb chops are a weeknight kitchen dream. They are packed with flavor, thanks to a quick toasting of cumin seeds and peppercorns used for the rub.

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Eastern Iowa Community College District offers cooking classes

The Eastern Iowa Community College District is offering a variety of cooking classes during November.

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Buffalo flavor stampedes to fast-food chains, groceries

Buffalo flavor stampedes to fast-food chains, groceries

Buffalo flavor is hotter than hot.

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Fresh-squeezed veggie juice finally comes of age

Fresh-squeezed veggie juice finally comes of age

NEW YORK (AP) - At midmorning, the line at Liquiteria is almost out the door.

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Chefs work magic with leftover Halloween candy

Chefs work magic with leftover Halloween candy

Halloween is officially over. And after weeks of seeing (and snacking on) all those sacks of Reese's cups and bite-size Hershey's bars, candy can begin to feel like less of a treat.

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Halloween potions wake dead tastebuds

Halloween potions wake dead tastebuds

Kids celebrate Halloween with candy, but many adults prefer tricked-out cocktails for their treats.

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Pumpkin seeds are great snack, addition to salads

Pumpkin seeds are great snack, addition to salads

You've crafted the perfect gruesome or goofy jack-o'-lantern. But what to do with all the glop you scraped out in the process?

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Farm to fork: Chefs grow and serve own food

Farm to fork: Chefs grow and serve own food

DOWNS, Ill. (AP) - Science teacher Brian Sparks used to look forward to having Ken Myszka in his chemistry class. It followed Myszka's home economics class, and the Tri-Valley High School student often brought something he'd cooked up in there.

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EICC offers cooking classes, trip to Chicago

Eastern Iowa Community College is offering a variety of cooking classes and a gourmet trip to Chicago during October.

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Rock Island Extension sponsors cooking classes

The Rock Island County Extension service is offering cooking classes. Here is a rundown:

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