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Lifestyle

Appetites: Six tips for foolproof eggnog

Appetites: Six tips for foolproof eggnog

Amy Thielen, author of "The New Midwestern Table" and host of "Heartland Table" on the Food Network, shares her suggestions for excellent eggnog.
by Tom Crann

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Letters deliver annual tidings of joy, busyness

Letters deliver annual tidings of joy, busyness

Personal tidings from around the globe arrive in Fargo, North Dakota, each year where a communications professor eagerly receives them. Ann Burnett has collected holiday letters for about 15 years and counting.
by Ann Arbor Miller

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Eggs not always what they're cracked up to be

Egg cartons are often plastered with an array of terms that can confuse and even mislead consumers. Be a smart and informed egg buyer.
by Anders Kelto

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Yule have to try this gingerbread buche de Noel

Yule have to try this gingerbread buche de Noel

The recipe, Dorie Greenspan says, is an "ooh and ahh" dessert that's "just as good as birthday cake."

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For Norwegian-Americans, Christmas cheer is wrapped up in lefse

"It's probably one of the first foods I fell in love with," says Megan Walhood, who lives in Portland Ore., and has family roots in Norway.

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Good wine that won't bust your budget

Good wine that won't bust your budget

Tips on avoiding bad wine during this holiday season.

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Surly Brewing taps to start flowing in new age of beer

Surly Brewing taps to start flowing in new age of beer

Three years after pushing for a change in liquor laws to allow breweries to sell directly to the public, Surly is opening what owner Omar Ansari calls "a destination brewery."
by Tim Nelson

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Photos: Surly taproom ready to open the doors

Photos: Surly taproom ready to open the doors

The 'destination brewery' has a former Solera restaurant chef cooking in the kitchen, gas-fueled fire pits waiting on the patio and a 58-spot bike rack cyclists outside.
by Jeffrey Thompson

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Pedal Hub: St. Paul's biking future

Pedal Hub: St. Paul's biking future

St. Paul could be giving bike-friendly Minneapolis a run for its money if the 'St. Paul Bike Plan' is fully implemented.

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