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+ Featured Recipe: Quick and Smoky Baked Beans + Not everyone has the time to make baked beans from scratch. This recipe starts with canned beans, but a quick smoke on the grill [...] best results, add a couple of cups of diced barbecued pork, ham, or brisket and/or meat drippings left over from a previous cookout.

+ Crepes + The wonderful wafer-thin French pancakes called crepes fill a niche in contemporary dining. Made with light sauces and fillings, they [...] first courses, and entrees. Filled with seasonal fruit, souffles, sauces, sorbets, or ice cream, they become sumptuous desserts.

+ Beyond Jelly: Reinventing the Peanut Butter Sandwich + Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet? Buzz off. Peanut butter is the truly American foodstuff, so much so that the average ...

+ Asparagus - The Supreme Vegetable + When the Roman emperor Augustus wanted something done quickly he commanded it to be done "citius quam asparagi coquintur" (quicker [...] cracked black pepper, and coated lightly with melted butter, it's no wonder that asparagus has enjoyed such a long and noble history.

+ The Making of Italian Food...From the Beginning + Have you ever wondered why foods from different countries seem so similar, even though the cultures are completely different? The [...] influence was requested or imposed, it was all embraced. The result is one of the most complex culinary histories of Western Europe.

+ Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony + Ethiopia's coffee ceremony is an integral part of their social and cultural life. An invitation to attend a coffee ceremony is [...] be in a hurry though - this special ceremony can take a few hours. So sit back and enjoy because it is most definitely not instant.

+ Why decant? The risks and rewards of a ritual + Like a prized rose, a fine wine sometimes needs a little finesse to blossom. A young red may resemble a tight bud, its full flavor and [...] And certainly both mature whites and reds may suffer from a lack of oxygen. The ritual of decanting can address all of these problems.

+ Vodka Infusions + Infused liquors are the new medium for creative expression in the realm of cocktail mixology, and vodka is the ideal spirit for [...] depth of flavor. These are exceptional when served chilled and neat, and are handy for quick cocktails with nuance and complexity.

+ iCoffee - Single Serve Hot Beverages + Imagine this: the family function is at your place and your aunt drinks tea, your sister-in-law is under doctors orders to not drink [...] order lattes and cappucinos three times a day at starbucks. Enter the single serve hot beverage maker to get everybody taken care of.