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Home & Garden No fancy tricks needed for great Super Bowl grub (02/03/10) There's not a whole lot of high-end culinary wizardry involved in typical Super Bowl party foods. But because it's easy to end up with a bland batch of chili, soggy nachos and brown guacamole, we wondered if there were simple tricks to avoiding these common problems... Glass crafted specifically for Missouri wine (02/03/10) The Missouri native grape that's been the base for wines for hundreds of years now has its own glass. Retailers, representatives from the Missouri Wine & Grape Board, sommeliers and winemakers converged in 2009 to taste Norton wines out of different glass shapes to find the bowl that would most complement the red wine, made from the official state grape of Missouri. ... Dessert wines add a sweet touch for Valentine's (01/27/10) OAKVILLE, Calif. -- What's the grown-up version of candy hearts? Perhaps a sweet little bottle of dessert wine. Sweet wines don't get the same sort of press as the big guns -- chardonnay and cab -- but they have a place at the table, especially at this time of year when romance is in the air and possibly on the menu... Resolutions hit home (01/13/10) It's the season for resolutions, and for many people that means vowing to get their home in the best shape possible. Whether it's clearing out clutter, catching up on small repairs, bringing fresh style to a favorite room or organizing closets, many people have home on the brain as the new year begins... Dr. Grow: Start growing spring plants in winter (01/06/10) Brrrrrrr! It's cold outside, but I feel spring in my bones. So I'm going to start my own vegetable garden and flower seeds right now in the dead of winter instead of buying plants in April and May at a garden center. In order to get started, purchase a 1020 tray and divider from your local garden center. Get ones with holes in the bottom. The holes allow excess water to drain away... Loosening up: A decade in home decor and design (12/30/09) Goodbye to the armoire and the dining room (in many cases, the living room, too). Hello to the home office. Repurposed rooms, recycled materials and an increasingly relaxed decorating style characterize the end of a decade that began as a party on a grand scale... Gifts that cost less, mean more (12/16/09) If ever there has been a year to give a homemade holiday gift, this is it. The economy's in the dumps and budgets are tight. Gift-givers have to be more creative than ever if they want to delight their friends and family with something unusual. Meanwhile, business is booming in the world of homemade crafts. ...

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