A tender no-knead Thanksgiving dinner roll
The trouble with baking your own tender, delicious dinner rolls for Thanksgiving is that too often they fail to come out nearly tender and delicious as you hope. Experienced bakers can pull it off...
View ArticleA light, fresh take on the fresh Thanksgiving veggie
Salads are such a vegetarian cliche, we decided to take a fresh approach to the fresh vegetable on our meat-free Thanksgiving table. Rather than a salad, we went with a slaw. Thinly sliced bell...
View ArticleA colorful, seasonal quiche for Thanksgiving
This simple, colorful quiche is jammed with seasonal vegetables and has just enough rich gruyere to make it taste indulgent. But the most indulgent aspect of this recipe is that it can be prepared and...
View ArticleShare the spotlight|Beer a Thanksgiving costar
Craft beer is rarely humble. Bold, complex, sumptuous ales love to show off. Their rocky heads erupt with the aromas of grapefruit and cinnamon and baked bread. Their amber, golden and chocolate brown...
View ArticleSoup offers a fresh take on squash at Thanksgiving
There's little question about it - butternut squash belongs on the Thanksgiving table. But that shouldn't lock you into the two tried, true and overdone means of preparing it - mashing and roasting....
View ArticleNo roasted bird needed for this cornbread stuffing
You don't need a turkey to need stuffing on your Thanksgiving table. Many Americans long ago abandoned the fuss of cooking the stuffing in the bird. In addition to cutting the time it takes to get the...
View ArticleIt takes a gingerbread village|Holiday confection begins making its annual...
The smells of ginger, molasses, cinnamon and cloves are starting to waft over the region, as the fanciful gingerbread house is the centerpiece of several holiday events in the coming weeks. The...
View ArticleMousse cake complements a vegetarian Thanksgiving
For many people, by ditching the turkey a vegetarian Thanksgiving already is messing with tradition. So there's no reason not to push things a little more and lose the pumpkin pie, too. To complement...
View ArticleFive-second rule and Munchkin mania
You've heard of the "five-second rule," right? The five-second rule states that if you drop food on the floor, it's OK to eat as long as you pick it up within five seconds. Some people actually think...
View ArticleToday in History, Nov. 14
Today is Wednesday, Nov. 14, the 319th day of 2012. There are 47 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 14, 1862, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln gave the...
View ArticleState to receive at least $72.4m in federal heating aid
Connecticut will receive an initial $72.4 million in low-income heating assistance from the federal government for the winter heating season, about 91 percent of what it received last year, the...
View ArticleGenerals intervened in messy divorce
WASHINGTON — In the latest twist of the David Petraeus sex scandal, court records show the former CIA director and Gen. John Allen intervened last September in a messy custody dispute on behalf of Jill...
View ArticleThe face that launched 1,000 emails|Florida socialite at center of general's...
TAMPA, Fla. — If you were to diagram the increasingly tangled sex scandal involving former CIA Director David Petraeus, nearly all lines would lead back to one person: Jill Kelley, a 37-year-old Tampa...
View ArticleWednesday, Nov. 14, 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012: This year you express how unusually savvy you can be with your finances, though you might want to be more willing to take risks. You brainstorm easily with...
View ArticlePetraeus scandal widens, snares top commander
WASHINGTON — The sex scandal that felled CIA Director David Petraeus widened Tuesday to ensnare the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, in a suddenly public drama involving a Tampa...
View ArticleObama assures liberals he'll raise taxes on wealthy
WASHINGTON — President Obama assured labor unions and liberal organizations Tuesday that he's firmly committed to letting tax cuts for higher incomes expire as scheduled at the end of the year, even as...
View ArticleThanks for the veggies|Thanksgiving sans turkey isn't necessarily lacking
Vegetarians have long known a Thanksgiving secret the rest of us are reluctant to admit — it's all about the side dishes. Think about it. Once you've taken the obligatory slice of turkey, a dutiful...
View ArticleLong-range planners to look at business, commercial issues in Sharon
SHARON -- The town's long-range planning committee will be looking at several issues revolving around the business and commercial aspects of the town, the Board of Selectmen was told Tuesday. Committee...
View ArticleTwo-car crash in Oxford leaves drivers with minor injuries
OXFORD -- Two local drivers suffered minor injuries after a two-vehicle accident on Oxford Road on Monday afternoon, police said. Firefighters had to extricate the driver of a 2004 Subaru Legacy,...
View ArticleMorris man, girlfriend charged with pot sales in tot's presence
LITCHFIELD -- A Morris man and his live-in girlfriend were arrested by state police detectives from the Statewide Narcotics Task Force on warrants charging them with selling marijuana in the presence...
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