Ren Fest Jumbo turkey legs delight a Kansas City crowd
At the Ren Fest the legs weigh 18 to 22 ounces and have grown from 10 ounces due to demand. Taylor keeps up with demand ordering jumbo legs by the truckload, storing a 53 foot trailer full of turkey legs on site and rotating 22 pallets. The festival runs through October 16 with three day weekends for Labor and Columbus Day and offers recipes to mimic the tasting experience at home.
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Taylor
Kansas City
Slow Simmered Beer Braised NY Strips with Mushrooms
Browning chunks of New York strip in olive oil, then braising them with onions, dried morels, mushrooms, and a beer tomato paste gravy. The meat is browned in batches, onions softened, then simmered slowly in the beer mixture to finish.
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New York Strip
Renaissance Style Recipe for Mushroom Stew and Glazed Nuts
A historical recipe describes simmering dried and fresh mushrooms in a rich stew until tender, with optional oven finish and day-ahead reheating benefit. It includes nutmeg coriander and butter glazed nuts baked slowly, yielding 2 1/2 cups, with guidance on liquid balance and cooking temperatures.
Apricot Apple Dumplings with Sweet Apricot Sauce
Dumplings fill Golden Delicious apples with apricot mash, wrapped in pastry and baked until tender and golden. Apricot sauce made from reserved syrup thickened with cornstarch, lemon juice, and butter. serves warm with the dumplings. Recipe credited to the Washington State Apple Commission.
Sweet and Spicy Nuts Recipe Card
A simple coating mix for baked nuts uses one egg white with a teaspoon of water. Toss blanched almonds and pecan halves with sugar salt and cinnamon then bake until caramelized and glossy.�
Pretzels from a Big Batch Dough Making Guide
A step by step home dough method explains making large batches in two KitchenAid runs then rising in warm oil oiled bowls. It covers shaping into 2 ounce pieces, boiling in water with baking soda, baking at 450 degrees for about 12 minutes, and serving with jalapeno cheese sauce.
Quick No-Knead Yeast Dough Recipe Card
Combine 2 packages rapid rise yeast 1/4 cup honey 1/4 cup molasses 2 teaspoons salt 6 cups bread flour 2 cups warm water and 2 tablespoons olive oil in a stand mixer on low. Knead five minutes. Dough will stretch. this is desired. Reserve half the dough in a sprayed bowl.
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Blue Label
Heart Attack Cheese Dip for Pretzels
A retro cheese dip recipe uses butter flour milk and Colby Jack with jalapenos and spices to create a thick clingy sauce. Cook on low until melted and adjust with more milk if needed. It humorously notes a football fan and mentions a 38 year old high kick.
Austrian wines rise in U S trend despite long history
The Pfaffl family guides Austrian wines from two acres to 124 spanning whites and reds. Gruner Veltliner leads U.S. interest, with versions like Handsleiten and Pepper showing bright, peppery notes. Reds include St. Laurent and Zweigelt, prized for smoke, berries, and spice. Prices range from 14 to 44 dollars.
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B.C
A.D
Charlemagne
U.S
Pfaffl
Roman
Adelheid Pfaffl
Vienna
Roman Jr
Heidemarie
Elisabeth
Austria
St. Laurent
Fritz Zweigelt
Lower Austria
Pfaffs
Gruner Veltliner
Haidviertel
Weinviertel
DAC
Butter blooms in the artisan food movement across the US
Food writer Leitha Matz notes a surge of butter varieties from cultured and artisanal butters to seasonal color shifts and seaside sea salt. Industry voices highlight Straus, Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery, and Animal Farm as leaders, with European styles and cultured methods expanding choice while keeping butter a "cheap luxury."
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France
Parma
Italy
Vermont
Buerre d'Isigny
Brookford Farm
Concord
N.H
Leitha Matz
Matt
Miss Ginsu.com
United States
Andrew Knowlton
Bon Appetit Magazine
Straus Family Creamery
Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery
Cery
Knowlton
Allison Hooper
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Hundsleiten
Pfaffl St. Laurent
Altenberg
Lawrence Marketplace
Matthew Mead
AP Photo
CABLE
Broadcast
Lawrence Lawrence
Freniter
Richmond
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