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Picnics, Barbecues & Cookouts
Planning a cook-out or barbeque
for is easy, fun, and can be
stress-free, if you plan ahead and keep it simple.
Check out some of America's favorite summer
foods below.

Ribs - Spareribs:
Spareribs are guest stars at uncounted
backyard gatherings and almost synonymous with ‘food’ in a handful of your
classic American towns where barbecue is king!
Smoked Pork Ribs
Memphis-Style Smoked Spareribs
Blackberry Barbecued Ribs
Our family's favorite outstanding grilled chicken recipes:
Slow Grilled Chicken Breasts
Slow cooking bone-in chicken breasts
with indirect heat for a hour, gives you the most juicy and tender
chicken that you have ever eaten. When you cut into it, you can see all the juice
that remains.
Slow Grilled Lemon Chicken Breasts
I created this recipe by combining two of my favorite grilled chicken
breasts recipe:
Dr Bob's Grilled Chicken
and
Slow Grilled Chicken Breasts.
Cornell Chicken Barbecue Sauce - Grilled Chicken
One taste of this Cornell Chicken recipe and you will definitely
know why it is so popular. This recipe is considered a
central New York state regional food and if often referred to as "State Fair
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Corn On The Cob
Neat stacks of white and golden corn nestled in their silk await you!
Lots of delicious
Corn Recipes


As soon as corn is picked, its sugar begins is
gradual conversion to starch, which reduces the corn's natural sweetness. Corn will lose
25% or more of its sugar within 25 hours after harvesting it.
Choosing Corn, How To Cook Corn, and The History of Corn
How To Boil Corn On The Cob
Boiling is the quickest, easiest, and tastiest way to prepare fresh
corn. Too many people do not know how to correctly boil fresh corn on the cob.
It is a very easy technique and produces the most delicious corn on the cob.
How To Grill Corn On The Cob
Grilled Corn on the Cob is a
popular menu item for barbecues and clambakes, and it’s easy to do.
Grilled corn on the cob is not only tasty, but grilling your
corn never fails to impress your guests.
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Labor Day Weekend
Are you planning
on taking your family camping or planning a
cookout?
Camping
usually means you eat hot dogs on a stick, cold sandwiches
and not a lot of appetizing food. But what if it didn’t mean that? What if you
could have Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, steamed vegetables, and cherry
cobbler? Or any other meal you would normally cook at home? Would
campfire food be more appealing? Well it can be if you utilize a
very old and versatile tool; something your grandmother probably
had more than one of – cast-iron skillets and a Dutch oven.
It's time people realize the
culinary wonder that a cast-iron pots and pans can be!
Using and Caring For Your
Cast-Iron Pans
Cast-Iron Cooking Recipes
Recipes using cast-iron cookware
Dutch Oven Camp Cooking
Learn how to cook in a Dutch
Oven.
S'mores
- How to make S'mores
Learn how to make everyone's favorite S'mores:
Campfire S'mores -
Oven S'mores - Microwave S'mores
This
American classic is everyone's favorite childhood treat! Learn how To Make
S'mores.
If your children haven't tasted them yet, then you need
to make sure to bring the right stuff to make them for your next camping trip,
because they are missing out on an American classic.
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Ellen
Easton is an afternoon tea authority, author, columnist, designer,
lecturer, and consultant.
Ellen shares her
expert knowledge on tea and tea parties.
Check out all of Ellen Easton's
Tea Travels
articles and recipes.
This Month's Column:
What is a Tea or Etiquette Consultant?
Just because a person or institution has a high profile, TV
presence, books with pretty pictures, attends trade shows does not necessarily mean they are
providing accurate information or are the best teachers.
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Lea
Schneider is a member of the National Association of
Professional Organizers and the Association of Food Journalists.
Check out all of Lea
Schneider's monthly helpful
Organizing Kitchens, Pantries, Menus and
Meals
columns.
This Month's Column:
Go Team! Get Organized for a Tailgate Party
Tailgating
is fun when someone has organized for the event. It can be a lot
of fun and it doesn’t have to be a lot of work.
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Doc
Lawrence, veteran food and wine journalist, based in Atlanta and Fort
Lauderdale. Doc
writes and lectures about wine and food.
Check out all of Doc's monthly
Sips Across America
columns.
This Month's Column:
Dog
Days and Pink Relief -
Wines for Late
Summer Enjoyment
Wine drinkers learn to adjust to the seasons and the best wine for
this time of year arguably is rosé wine.
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