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Turkey, Turkey and More Turkey - The Chicago Tribune in 60 Seconds

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by Emily Farris, Posted Nov 24th 2009 @ 12:00PM

Four turkeys. Photo: cobalt123, Flickr.

Simple tips for a hassle-free Thanksgiving.
Compound butters pack an amazing punch.
A pre-roasting milk bath is a good alternative to salt-brining your holiday bird.
But don't forget the gravy.
Here's an American culinary tradition you've probably never heard of: tomato pudding.
Cranberries are good for the adult kind of "sauce" too.
Should you have a catastrophe on the big day, try one of these turkey hotlines.
Add a Thai twist to turkey leftovers.

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Thai Beef Salad - Feast Your Eyes

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by Alex Van Buren, Posted Apr 13th 2009 @ 10:00AM

Zesty, spicy and sweet in equal parts, Thai beef salad may be the ideal dish for spring. Though it might simply look like beef plunked on top of greens, its almost-invisible ingredients -- lime juice, minced red chiles and fish sauce -- lend it a flavor profile we crave again and again. Packed with protein, it also features enough veggies that one can walk away feeling a bit lighter on her feet than after, say, downing a porterhouse.

We were reminded how much we love this salad when we came upon La Fille de La Ville's photo. Why La Fille de la Ville? It's pretty literal, we discovered when we emailed her: "I'm just a girl of the town!" she exclaimed. Sounds like a typical New Orleans resident smitten with her city. She's a newbie there but sounds pretty darn enthused about NOLA's "epicurean delights." Find her recipe -- and breathless gastronomical reports -- on her site.

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Thai chilies spark terror alert in London

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by Joe DiStefano, Posted Oct 5th 2007 @ 2:02PM

London's Thai Cottage put the pow in nam prik pao on Wednesday when fumes from a huge pot of dry cooking bird's eye chilies sparked a terror alert that led police to break down the restaurant's door. Firefighters emerged from the eatery with a pot containing nine pounds of smoking peppers.

Soho residents had complained of a chemical burning their throats and the London Fire Brigade quickly dispatched a chemical response team. When I was a kid my chilihead father had the brilliant idea of making his own hot oil in the house by frying peppers in oil. So I can attest to the fact that vapors from smoking chilies do indeed take one's breath away. Thank god dear old Dad didn't use anywhere near nine pounds.

I will say however that smoking peppers do not smell at all like a chemical. Chef Chalemchai Tangjariyapoon agrees, "I was making a spicy dip with extra-hot chillies that are deliberately burnt. To us, it smells like burnt chili and it is slightly unusual."

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Summery Chicken Vegetable Tom Ka Soup

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by Jonathan M. Forester, Posted Jul 15th 2007 @ 2:31PM

After a day spent roaming the byways through farm country I had picked up some nice produce and poultry: fresh, tender, sweet, carrots; young yellow summer squash and green zucchini; and a package of fresh from the farm, pasture raised chicken thighs. I had just made a quick trip to the big city a few days ago to stock up on Asian ingredients, so I had new bottles and tubs of various things like cream of coconut, fish sauce, Thai green curry paste and Tom Ka soup paste; and small, vividly orange colored dried shrimp, as well as some nice, hot Thai peppers, Key limes, and a big, fat, young, galangal root.

I was thinking of making a Thai-style curry but it has been just too hot out and I wanted something spicy, but light, packed full of electrolytes, and full of liquid to rehydrate me. A summery vegetable and chicken version of Thai Tom Ka soup sounded perfect. This style of soup has a mild to medium heat, a strong citrusy tartness and tang to it, and can be made quite quickly. Just the thing for a warm summer day.

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Chez Pim does Pad Thai for beginners

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by Nicole Weston, Posted Jan 26th 2007 @ 12:02PM

Pim, of Chez Pim, is not exaggerating when she says that Pad Thai is one of the most popular and well-know Thai dishes out there. But despite its popularity, the noodle dish is often simply eaten in restaurants, picked up from takeout places or even cooked from a mix instead of being cooked from scratch at home. Pim has generously provided her readers with a complete and detailed how-to guide for making Pad Thai at home. She guarantees that it is just about foolproof if you follow her specific directions, and since she has a photo to go along with every step in the recipe, doing so should not be difficult in the least.

Pim also mentions several common Pad Thai mistakes that you should avoid, just to ensure you get perfect results, and reassures readers that the sauce can be made in advance, which provides a shortcut for later preparations of the dish.

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