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    Anne-Marie Nichols

    Anne-Marie Nichols

  • User post: How to brine your Thanksgiving turkey

    Blame it all on Alton Brown - I've been brining and smoking my Thanksgiving turkey since 2007. This year I'll be doing a Maple-Herb Brine. I've also made Alton's Honey Brined Smoked Turkey recipe, a Citrus-Stuffed Herbed Turkey with a honey and citrus brine and a Savory Turkey Brine using Kikkoman S

  • Celebrate Reading is Fun Week with RIF and get ready for summer

    This week, Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), the nation's oldest and largest children and families' literacy nonprofit organization, is celebrating Reading Is Fun Week , which was started in 1979 to mark the start of summer reading. The RIF website provides free resources to help families celebrate Read

  • No joking around - great joke books for kids

    I realized this April Fools Day that my kids are especially bad at telling jokes. For one thing, Nathan's timing is completely off. And Lucie doesn't understand how to do a simple "knock- knock" joke to save her life. When she makes one up, they make no sense. As a mother, this is disconcerting sin

  • 5 reasons why soup is healthy for dieters and everyone else

    I'm having a get together next week and have decided to turn it into a "soup and salad" party. While doing my online research, I found out that soup is an excellent food for anyone trying to lose weight or eat more healthfully. Here are a few reasons why: