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Taking Stock, Part 3: Mushroom. Cheese.

Waste not, want not. Always remember and never forget: save your mushroom stems and cheese rinds. They make fantastic and really useful stocks. Free soup. Hot, steamy, aromatic and deeply delicious improvements for cold winter days.
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Taking Stock, Part 2: Vegetables Only

Don't throw away those carrot ends and onion trimmings. Two minutes to stick 'em in a pot with some water - then let them simmer for an hour or two. You get a great soup - or a great way to enrich other dishes. Fragrant, deeply flavorful stock. Waste not, want not.
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Taking Stock, Part 1: Beef and Chicken

Don't throw away those bones and vegetable trimmings. Stick 'em in a pot with some water and let them simmer for a few hours. You get a great soup - for free. Maybe the best possible holiday leftover. Less than two minutes to put it all in a pot, add water and turn on the stove.
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I Want These Cookies

Possibly the world's greatest ginger snap. If you're passing around a cookie plate after dinner, this is what you want on it. If you want to give a gift of homemade cookies, these are the ones you want to give. 3 minutes to make the dough.
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Flash-Roasted Prosciutto Chips

If you like prosciutto, you'll love prosciutto chips. Like prosciutto turned up to eleven. Super-concentrated flavor and aroma when what's in your mouth is more like air. 5 minutes to prepare. Friends and family will be amazed.
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Tuscan-Fried Farmers Market

This has to be the easiest delicious thing to do with the season's bounty of root vegetables. All of them. At once. Sweet and earthy. Soft and hot inside, crisp and crunchy outside. A lot of vitamins A, B and C. Lots of dietary fiber. Low Glycemic Load. Your winter go-to dish.
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Cheesy Hasselback Potatoes.
Lick your fingers.

If you're looking for something beautiful and luscious to put on the table, you just found it. Despite its intricate beauty, it's pretty simple to prepare. But messy. You'll be licking your fingers before it goes in the oven.
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Homemade Cookie Gift of the Year

They're irresistible. They're deeply delicious. They're light. They're amazingly good for you. They're Dark Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers. Who wouldn't want a few of these? How can they be so healthy they're ideal for breakfast? Read on. Then preheat your oven.
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The Gift of Soul Food

I will never be a soul food chef, but I love to cook - and eat - anything and everything from Carla Hall's Soul Food. Carla is a force of nature and everything she shows you how to make will rock'n'soul you. Every recipe has a kick or two that makes it a party in your mouth.
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Mediterranean Package Deal for $30

A gift that's practical, surprising, healthy, cheap and delicious. Add it to your diet to dramatically lower risk of heart attack, diabetes and overeating. And improve your holiday party snack repertoire.
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