5 things to know about buying and caring for central air-conditioning
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3/16/2009, by Barbara Mahany
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - It's nearing time to consider the matter of air conditioning, lest you wish to find your sweaty old self hot and sticky come the first blast from the tropics. Spring is the season to start thinking AC, or at least to put in a call and have the gizmos looked over. What you ...
During lean times, more shoppers reach for coupons
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3/16/2009, by Barry Shlachter
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Gwen Martinez is buying more groceries and health and beauty products than ever before _ but spending less. Like a growing number of Americans in this economic downturn, 29-year-old Martinez is a relatively recent convert to clipping coupons from newspapers and in-store ...
Preparing whole chicken can save money
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3/16/2009, by Joan Obra
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Here's a skill that serves penny-pinching cooks well: cutting up whole chickens instead of buying chicken parts. At supermarket chain Vons.com this week, Foster Farms' party wings were listed at $3.49 a pound, and boneless, skinless chicken breasts were $5.49 a pound. ...
Big, sweet sea scallops are a delight
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3/16/2009, by Susan Selasky
Detroit Free Press (MCT) - For a semi-fancy meal at a moment's notice, you can't beat sea scallops. These members of the mollusk family are ideal to have in your freezer because they defrost and cook quickly and they adapt well to all cooking methods. Another bonus: Two to three of the larger sea ...
Think inside the Boxty: Try cooking this potato dish and other authentic fare
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3/16/2009, by Susan Selasky
Detroit Free Press (MCT) - Authentic Irish fare goes way beyond Irish-American favorites corned beef and cabbage. And contrary to popular belief, corned beef is not a staple in Ireland. Many sources say it didn't become linked with the Irish until they immigrated en masse to the United States in ...
Meat loaf: An American classic
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3/16/2009, by Nancy Wall Hopkins and Scott Peacock
Better Homes and Gardens (MCT) - Great meat loaf is moist, dense, and satisfies with a rich flavor that's meaty and lasting. Learn the basics from Scott Peacock, Better Homes and Garden's American Classics expert, then adapt as you please. Peacock is executive chef at Watershed Restaurant in ...
Fresh comfort: A new approach to Irish food
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3/16/2009, by Bill Daley
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - Trouble is nothing new to Ireland, with centuries of invasion, war and strife, oppression and crushing poverty, famine and mass migration. No wonder Irish food is so hearty and comforting. It's designed to satisfy all the various hungers a weary body might have. Perfect ...
Urban gardener planting ideas
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3/16/2009, by Nancy Ancrum
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Will Allen hopes we take parents' admonition to "Eat your vegetables" a big step further: "Grow them, too." It is this simple, clear-eyed mission for which Allen was given a so-called "genius award" by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation last year. In his ...
Want to win big money! Ready? Start your ovens
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3/16/2009, by Lisa Gutierrez
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - World of cooking contests churns out prize-winning recipes every year World of cooking contests churns out trendy, fast-paced, no-nonsense recipes. KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ Olga Esquivel-Holman finds herself in a bit of a dry spell right now.
Oh, to go back to ...
Dining dollars tighten, home ‘chefs' blossom
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3/16/2009, by Kathleen Purvis
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Lobster. Aged steaks. From-scratch pasta. Too bad about that lousy economy, isn't it?
Not to be flip, but the tough times are having an effect no one predicted:
Cooking. At home. By you.
Cooking classes are packed. Sales of cooking magazines like Gourmet and Bon ...
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