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Winter foods to help you get, or stay, slim
Is the cold weather starting to get you down? After long and busy days, it’s so easy to pick up comfort food on the way home. Mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, hot Mexican food, fried chicken and pizza hit the spot — but what happens the next day?

World Chefs: Classical French eases into New Orleans
NEW YORK, Feb 6 — Frenchman Eric Damidot has had no trouble adapting to his new home in New Orleans, easily connecting his classical French training with the gumbo, muffaletta and other famous foods from the Crescent City. After spending nine years in Las Vegas, the 41-year-old is the head chef at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, which reopened last ...

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Cold weather means comfort food for Philippa Vine – who gets a little help from a Farmers Weekly reader in her kitchen this month.

Recipe: Cheese Tortellini with Chicken, Carrots, Broccoli and Basil Pesto
A tasty way to use up leftover cooked chicken!

Recipe: Mediterranean-Style Carrot Salad
Today's recipe is a raw, shredded, Mediterranean-style carrot salad with chickpeas, lemon juice, garlic, olive oil, cumin, parsley and feta cheese.

A Staten Island Super Bowl for foodies
The Advance hosts its 39th annual Taste-off competition, with live cooking demonstrations, at the Hilton Garden Inn

Host your own Chowder Bowl
Use Stew's New England Clam Chowder recipe to host your own Chowder Bowl. Photo: Contributed Photo / Norwalk Citizen Starting today, and running through Super Bowl Sunday, Stew Leonard's in Norwalk is letting New Yorkers and New Englanders battle it out in the kitchen.

Recipe of the Week: Super Swaps, Small Changes Make a Big Difference
Family Features One of the easiest ways to make better-for-you recipes is to swap out some ingredients. In these recipes, mayo, high-calorie dressings and heavy sauces get swapped out for creamy guacamole or flavorful fat-free salsas.

Super Swaps
One of the easiest ways to make better-for-you recipes is to swap out some ingredients. In these recipes, mayo, high-calorie dressings and heavy sauces get swapped out for creamy guacamole or flavorful fat-free salsas.

Celebrate the Chinese New Year with Asian Cooking
Chinese New Year is a great time to celebrate Asian quisine, such as Kung Pao Style Noodles, a recipe by Heather Hunsaker.