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<description><![CDATA[    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Pork barbecue sandwiches are what most of us can claim we grew up on here in West Virginia.  It didnt matter how the tangy, sweet, smoky or spicy blend of meat and sauce met the bun -- from a can (remember Vietti.) or slow-simmered...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Charleston resident Ann Balkey has shared several recipes over the years in this column as well as in my earlier &quot;Recipe Connection.&quot;  She favors preparing food in a healthy manner and loves discovering new dishes to try,...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- With todays pizza recipe, I dont intend that you scuttle any plans for your traditional honey-glazed, cranberry-drizzled, or pineapple-and-clove studded ham for Easter.Its just that the ham in the ingredients reminded me of the spr...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Ive mentioned before that I dont use Splenda or Equal in cooking, but Charlestons Karol Cavender does.In an earlier &quot;Healthy Bites&quot; column, she shared her favorite Web site, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.dlife.com" title...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Last fall, Lisa McCracken, marketing director of Charleston Town Center Mall, approached Macys with an idea for cooking classes. Macys climbed on board and the two entities began a partnership with Leonard Bailey, executive chef and dir...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Today we visit another dining spot with healthy eating choices: Cafe Creperi in Kanawha City. Owners Minoli and Aoleen Stavrulakis, formerly of Mykonos restaurant on Capitol Street, have borrowed from the French by producing crepes at ...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- You can make your own peanut butter. I do, after first starting out with Simply Jif, switching to Smart Balance smooth, then crunchy as they appeared on the grocery shelf. But not liking the ingredients in some and comparing nutrition ...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Harry and Kathe Deitzler had a beautiful holiday celebration immediately before Christmas at their Kanawha City home. It wasnt a specific gathering for &quot;healthy biters.&quot; The platters of family-made food with hearty and wholesome ingredients weren...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[On one of these chilly winter mornings, lets have biscuits and sausage gravy when no one is looking. It would probably surprise lots of folk to learn we can safely have those items. For the gravy, you may go with a little of the leanest regular bulk pork b...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[FOR ages, black-eyed peas have been symbolic of good luck for a new year and I think its probably a state law that they be consumed on or around the first of January. They are a legume of legend and high up on the healthy scale, full of calcium (who would ...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[SINCE Thanksgiving is approaching, I thought it might be time for something sweet. You know you can enjoy a serving of your regular holiday fare with good planning and portions. But if you would rather stick with knowing that what you are having has been m...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[THE culinary spotlight is on Middle Eastern cuisine today, bringing Kanawha Citys Aladdin Restaurant on stage as my second recommended all-around great place to eat.The Chesterfield Avenue establishment has many good-for-you menu selections that appeal to ...]]></description>
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<title>Lowering calories doesnt sacrifice the good taste</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lets take time today for a look at the recipes Ann Balkey of Charleston sent along.&quot;I make this quite often,&quot; she says of the longtime favorite bean salad. &quot;My mom used to make it for my husband, Joe, when we were first dating, and he loved ...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Most of you veterans already know that you can have a banana split using sugar-free ice cream, sugar-free bottled chocolate syrup or hot fudge sauce, topping it with sugar-free whipped topping.But have you tried it with a locally produced sorbet - the froz...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[These columns about recommended restaurants arent in any way my reviews of the establishments.  They are simply personal preferences - places Ive eaten and found specific menu items that I find delicious and diabetic-friendly. The choices are healthy and f...]]></description>
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<title>Healthy Bites: Recipes to make old favorites healthy</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dining out can often be the largest hurdle and a treacherous culinary path for diabetics and anyone who, for whatever reason, favors a particular diet program. &quot;Dining out&quot; covers everything from restaurant meals (gourmet to the grab-and-go drive...]]></description>
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<title>How one woman eats with diabetes</title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. - IVE been asked countless times &quot;How did you lose your weight.&quot; Having lost 60 pounds over the winter of 2005 and into the spring of 2006, many were naturally curious. My response was always the truth - diet and exercise, the s...]]></description>
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Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:00:00 -0400
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<description><![CDATA[<li>For easier summer potato salad preparation, fresh whole redskin and russet potatoes are both available in 1 1/2 pound microwaveable bags in the produce section of supermarkets.  In 8 minutes you have salad-ready potatoes. </li><li>Iva Mae Rider of Ona ...]]></description>
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Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:00:00 -0400
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<description><![CDATA[&quot;Summertime and the livin is easy ...&quot; &quot;Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer ...&quot; &quot;Its summertime, summertime, sum-sum-summertime ...&quot;Familiar song lyrics indicate that the short months of sweltering sun, comforting shade, g...]]></description>
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Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400
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<description><![CDATA[June has arrived, bringing Fathers Day frolics (can anyone say &quot;grill&quot;.), Flag Day, the Jewish Shavuot (to commemorate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments), the last days of the school year and the first days of summer.Not as familiar is a black...]]></description>
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Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:00:00 -0400
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Wed, 28 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400
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<description><![CDATA[By now, you may be searching for just one more fish-type dish to make this Lenten season.  If so, these recipes may hold some interest.It isnt as difficult today to cover the distance on the countdown to the celebration of the Easter feast as it was when a...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[WHEN asked by the Gazette features editor in 1997 if I thought I could write a once-weekly column, I immediately said “yes.”That move was a graduation from my start-up in May of the same year of a monthly “Lazy Chef” food article I was writing in the Sund...]]></description>
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