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New Year’s Eve is a night for champagne, toasts, songs, celebrating, and hors d’oeuvres. With bite-sized delights like pigs in blankets, spanitkopita, mini quiche, crostini, deviled eggs, arancini, crab cakes, gougères, chicken satay, meatballs, bacon wrapped dates, shrimp cocktail, blinis with caviar, and empanandas, there is plenty of finger-friendly fare to choose from. But, we want you to tell us:
What’s your favorite hors d’oeuvre?
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Christmas is just around the corner which means holiday baking is in full gear. People all over the world are mixing up batches of festive cookies to snack on, give as gifts, bring to cookie swaps, or leave out for Santa on Christmas Eve. With favorites like chocolate chip, linzer, sugar, butter, shortbread, gingerbread, thumbprint, pecan sandies, ginger snaps, and peanut butter, there are endless ways to indulge your holiday sweet tooth. But, we want you to tell us:
What’s your favorite kind of cookie?
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No need to pack on the pounds this holiday season. Along with the cold weather, winter brings along a stunning array of leafy greens. With options like to escarole, Swiss chard, beet greens, sorrel, cabbage, mustard greens, chicory, dandelion greens, Brussels sprouts, kale, collard greens, cress, spinach, tat soi, and turnip greens, there are endless options of nutrient-rich, delicious veggies to help keep you eating healthy through the holidays.
What is your favorite winter green?
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Hanukkah is the festival of lights, and of indulging in crispy, golden, delicious fried foods. Latkes and jelly doughnuts are the perennial classics, but with deep-fried favorites like fried chicken, French fries, falafel, elephant ears, samosas, apple fritters, empanadas, corn dogs, fish and chips, fried cheese, chicken fried steak, beignets, potato chips, and tempura, the oil-cooked options are almost endless. But, we want you to tell us:
What’s your favorite fried food?
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Winter is almost here, and the cold weather is making us crave warm, hearty, filling bowls of stew. With options like Bouillabaisse, feijoada, goulash, Brunswick, gumbo, chowder, jambalaya, burgoo, cassoulet, Étouffée, Cioppino, Irish stew, pepper pot, and boeuf bourguignon it’s hard to pick just one.
What’s your favorite kind of stew?
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In my family everyone has their annual Thanksgiving cooking assignments. My father-in-law roasts the turkey, my mother-in-law mixes up the cocktails, and my job is to make the gravy. With holiday must-haves like cranberry sauce, stuffing, mashed potatoes, turkey, green beans, sweet potatoes, gravy, and dinner rolls, there is no shortage of things to prepare.
What dish do you cook for Thanksgiving?
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Don’t let all the turkey talk fool you, Thanksgiving is all about the side dishes. And we all know the star of the side show is the stuffing. This bready dish is a must have at any Thanksgiving table. One of the best things about this savory side is that there are so many different ways to prepare it.
What’s your favorite kind of stuffing?
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November is World Vegan Month and we’re celebrating by incorporating more meat and dairy free meals into our diets. We found out that giving up these foods doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice flavor. This Curried Carrot Almond Soup proves that vegan meals can be healthy, ethical, and absolutely delicious.
What’s your favorite vegan dish?
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Peanut butter is delicious on its own, but it’s also great at lending its creamy, crunchy nuttiness to a wide variety of dishes. With popular preparations like cookies, pies, PB&J sandwiches, puddings, and cakes, it’s hard to choose just one. But, we want you to tell us:
What’s you favorite thing to make with peanut butter?
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Halloween is just around the corner, and we’re looking forward to sinking our teeth into our favorite spooky snacks. With classic treats like caramel apples, candy corn, popcorn balls, fun sized chocolates, and toasted pumpkin seeds, it’s hard not to indulge.
What’s your favorite Halloween treat?
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Pumpkins are iconic symbols of Halloween, and autumn, and are great for much more than just carving Jack-o’-lanterns. Pumpkin is a delicious, and nutritious, seasonal ingredient that makes a wonderful addition to a wide variety of dishes. With tasty pumpkin-filled preparations like pie, ravioli, soup, butter, cake, and purée, it’s hard to pick a favorite.
What do you like to make with pumpkin?
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Along with cooler weather, the fall brings an abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables to enjoy. With a plentiful harvest of apples, Brussels sprouts, pears, squash, cranberries, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, grapes, mushrooms, persimmons, and parsnips, the market is now an absolute cornucopia of produce.
What’s your favorite fall food?
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Apple picking season is in full swing and we just can’t wait to bake up a warm, fresh, sweet, buttery, and flaky apple pie.
What’s your favorite thing to cook with apples?
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We all know that beer tastes great with food, but how about in food? As it turns out, ales and lagers are great in a wide variety of preparations, from braising and baking to roasting and stewing.
What’s your favorite thing to cook with beer?
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Today is Gourmet Live‘s 2nd Birthday and we’re celebrating with cocktails, snacks, and a great big slice of birthday cake.
What is your favorite thing to eat on your birthday?
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People around the world will be indulging in their favorite cocoa-based foods to celebrate this sweet occasion. With chocolate-filled favorites like truffles, cookies, candy bars, cake, chocolate chips, ice cream, pudding, fudge, and brownies, there is no shortage of ways to satisfy a sweet tooth.
What’s your favorite chocolaty treat?
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The start of a new school year means books, homework, and packing lunches. With classic sandwiches like tuna salad, ham and cheese, BLTs, turkey, chicken salad, and PB&J, the options for a tasty, nutritious lunch are almost endless. But, we want you to tell us:
What’s your go-to brown bag lunch?
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Tomatoes are at the peak of their season and these plump, juicy, firm fruits not only taste great, but are great for you. They are packed with lycopene and Vitamin C. Tomatoes are also wonderful in a wide variety of preparations like soups, pizzas, salads, pastas, sandwiches, and sauces. But, we want you to tell us:
What is your favorite thing to cook with tomatoes?
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One of the best things about camping is cooking your meals over an open fire. With classic dishes like s’mores, beans, stew, fresh fish, hot dogs, pancakes, baked potatoes, chili, and oatmeal, there are lots of outdoorsy eats to enjoy. But, we want you to tell us:
What’s your favorite campfire food?
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We can’t resist our cravings for melty, chewy, creamy, stretchy, gooey cheese. With delicious options like Cheddar, Brie, gouda, American, Parmesan, goat, bleu, Asiago, feta, Swiss, Fontina, gorgonzola, and camembert, the choices are almost endless. But, we want you to tell us:
What’s your favorite kind of cheese?
