Is the economy making you fat?
Cheap comfort food, stress-induced binges and cutbacks on luxuries are causing the numbers on people's scales to rise. Here's how to stay slim in the face of money woes.
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When ordering take-out, keep it 'green'
While packaging is part of the deal with to-go orders,  restaurateurs and patrons are devising fresh approaches to make take-out more lean and green.
When bad peanut butter does some good
All the alarming news about bad peanut butter and other food scares may have some benefit: Washington is likely to significantly toughen the food safety system.
The restaurant report card
The salad on your plate may be green, but what about the restaurant that is serving you that leafy appetizer? How does it rate on an eco-friendly scale? Do its practices help reduce its environmental impact, or is it wilting in that category?
What's Cooking Now: Award Winning Cookies
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Cookies worthy of a president
She couldn't help but send the presidential family her award-winning cookies through a friend.  Learn how to make the $100 Pecan Cookies yourself.
Double Chocolate Truffle Kiss Cookies
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Myth or Fact? All peanut butter products are contaminated by Salmonella
If the recent Salmonella scare has made you think twice about eating anything containing peanuts, you're not alone.  Hjowever, not all peanut products are affected.
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America's hottest firehouse chefs face-off
Produced for Tabasco - Trading in their turnout coats for aprons, firefighters across the U.S. compete for the title of America's "Hottest" Firehouse Cook in the Tabasco Cook & Ladder Competition.
Sanford and Terlato Family Vineyards take home high honors
Produced for Terlato Wines International - A Brooklyn born kid now in his seventies was heralded as one of the top wine producers at the recent San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition.
FDA responds to peanut butter recall
Produced for the FDA - In the midst of one of the largest food recalls in the nation's history, the FDA wants to be clear as to what is safe when it comes to peanuts and peanut products.
Bake your sweetheart a romantic I Heart Mango Tart
Produced for The National Mango Board - Ingrid Hoffman is back with tips on how to choose and cut a mango and then turn it into a delicious and romantic I Heart Mango Tart.
Everyday foods can help prevent birth defects
Produced for March of Dimes - Foods full of folic acid like white bread and leafy greens can help prevent certain birth defects before you even know your pregnant.
Paula Deen shares her holiday secrets with the troops
Produced for Smithfield - Just in time for the holidays, Paula Deen brought some of her "down-home" personality and traditional Southern cooking to the troops at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
Recessionistas stay stylish on a tight budget
Produced for Kyocera, Sam's Club, GE - Whether you're buying a cell phone, throwing a party, or re-doing your kitchen, Nextpert's Katlean DeMonchy shows you how to stay stylish in a recession. Miren el video en Español
What's the big deal about bubbly?
Produced for Sopexa/Food & Wines From France, Inc. - What makes champagne the very special, and very chic beverage it has become? There is truly no better way to celebrate -- but why?!
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