SUE MANNING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) – Turkeys: Main course or animal companion? OK, so it isn’t even close. According to the industry group National Turkey Federation, more than 46 million of the big birds will be served as Thanksgiving dinner this year. Just a few hundred will get to experience the holiday as [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS – Thanksgiving dinner will cost 13 percent more this year compared to 2010, according to an American Farm Bureau Federation report. Despite a hike in food prices, due largely to a rise in corn value, store managers say Sunday will be one of the busiest grocery shopping days of the year. “We’re [...]
continue »This year my husband and I are serving pork crown roast rather than turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. We want my niece and nephew to have something different from what they’ll be eating earlier in the day at their grandparents’ house. I know what it’s like to have two full meals on holidays. When I was [...]
continue »IOWA CITY — Kym Wroble, dietitian at the Waterfront Hy-Vee, just loves cranberries. “I love the color and there are so many things you can do with them in the kitchen,” she says. Because they are in season from October to December, they are especially popular at the Thanksgiving table. While the tart red berries [...]
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