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Freaky Food Friday: Pizza Colosseum

Photo originally featured on yumsugar.com If you’ve always wanted to travel to Rome but never had the chance, stumbling upon this week’s freaky food find is the next best thing. We proudly present this impressive interpretation of the Roman Colosseum constructed completely out of pizza dough! This carb-heavy masterpiece was designed and handcrafted by British food artist, Prudence Emma Staite […]

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First Day of Spring!

Wave goodbye to winter and say hello to spring! The first official day is HERE! (Insert huge smile and a couple leaps for joy) I don’t know about you, but this day puts me in the best mood. Being a Florida girl, I am a lover of all things warm weather related and this day means that I have the […]

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New Partners: MyRecipes and MyPlate

MyRecipes is excited to announce that we are part of a new media partnership with First Lady’s Let’s Move! campaign. Along with our colleagues at Cooking Light and Real Simple we are working with Let’s Move!, the Partnership for a Healthier America, and USDA’s MyPlate to give anyone looking for healthier options access to a trove of recipes that will help them […]

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What Are Your 2013 Resolutions?

Is it really 2013? Where did 2012 go? If you’re like me, you probably have you found yourself saying this today and thinking back on the goals you set last year. How did you do with your New Year’s resolutions? I did alright with some of mine (lost some baby weight, tried quite a few new recipes, and spent more […]

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Recipes For Your Last Day On Earth

At the strike of Winter Solstice tomorrow (Friday, December 21 6:12am EST) the Mayan clock breaks. Or rolls over. Or restarts. Nasa says, “Dec. 21, 2012, won’t be the end of the world as we know, however, it will be another winter solstice.” Nasa. What a buzz kill! We at MyRecipes do not claim to know when or if the Earth […]

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Martie Knows… Gratitude

Sunday night marked the season finale of Food Network Star.  All of the contestants gathered for a reunion show and announcement of the winner.  Congratulations to Justin Warner who gets his own show on Food Network. Early in the episode, Bob Tuschman broke the news to Martie Duncan, “You have many, many, many fans, just not not quite enough this […]

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Martie Knows… A Reason to Party!

Before this week’s Martie update, I’ll get straight to the good stuff.  Our favorite party thrower, Martie Duncan, is in the running for her own Food Network show!  She’s counting on your votes to help her win.  You can vote at Star.FoodNetwork.com and by calling 1-855-547-8271.  Voting is open until Tuesday afternoon. The recap: On Sunday night, Food Network Star […]

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Martie Knows… How to Roll with the Punches

Sunday’s Food Network Star challenged the contestants to present cooking demonstrations for a live audience at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival.  There was a twist… The finalists didn’t realize that their presentations were each set up to have something go wrong.  Justin faced a heckler, Yvan lost his sound, Martita was given the wrong peppers, Ippy had people […]

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Martie Knows… Chocolate Roulage

The “press”ure was on at Food Network Star this week.  Contestants were challenged to create a single bite that represents who they are and present it to the network and a panel of media judges from SeriousEats.com, Entertainment Weekly and Entertainment Tonight.  Martie Duncan hit this challenge out of the park.  Serving a chocolate roulage filled with bourbon cream, Martie […]

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Martie Knows… Arancini

This week’s Food Network Star challenge had the teams creating food court kiosks at South Street Seaport.  Team Bobby was assigned American deli cuisine, team Giada had Mexican, and team Alton got Italian.  Alton’s team went right to work on a menu and named their place, “Littler Italy.”  Justin created a tempura fritto misto (mixed fry) incorporating an Iron Chef […]

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