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Here’s another food blog we like a lot: Laura’s Best Recipes. Our featured recipe from Laura on The Food Channel right now is her Sausage, Wild Mushroom and Sourdough Stuffing. Just in time for Thanksgiving.

When you think about Thanksgiving, it generally conjures up pictures of home. Family gathered in the kitchen to sneak just a little turkey as it sits and rests in its roaster, and the happy bedlam of timing everything to arrive on the table just right.

We were doing the photo shoot for our March Madness spread, and the room was full of the smell of brats, mustard, onions, French fries and popcorn. The stack of vegetables was trying valiantly to hold its own.

If your food budget is feeling squeezed these days (and isn’t everyone’s?) you really should check out the blog, 5dollardinners.com. Erin, who calls herself $5 Dinner Mom, can show you how to stretch your family food dollar and still eat well.

I’ve been a part of hosting a number of wedding showers this year. And, while I know it is no longer June, I thought I would share a bit of my experience while it is fresh in my mind. Not to mention all those December weddings still to come…

Nervous about entertaining? Worried that something will catch fire in the kitchen and guests will be forced to evacuate as your pot roast sets off the smoke alarm? Fear not! Judy at will calm your nerves.

Food Channel Chef Dennis Pitchford took turns taking the stage this weekend with the two most recent winners of the FOX network’s “Hell’s Kitchen” reality TV competition. He also interviewed the two culinary champs, and had to deal with a relentless fly.

I figured they’d at least hide the instant packets. But, no, Starbucks is pretty out front with the fact that its oatmeal comes in a paper bag. They have the advantage of that instant hot water tap, meaning you don’t have to wait for the teapot to boil.

“All the Oktoberfest stuff is making me miss Germany.” That was the plaintive instant message received from my daughter the day we debuted the many recipes and reviews related to this fun fall celebration.

I’ve sat through a lot of cooking instruction in my lifetime, but never with a view of roller coasters and music shows from the windows. Until now, when I had the opportunity to sit through a couple of the new cooking classes at Silver Dollar City.