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Monday, November 23, 2009

Detroit News Food Writer

Kate Lawson is The Detroit News' food writer. She writes a weekly column, Simply the Best, which appears every Thursday as well as food-related stories about cooking and baking trends, nutrition, the latest tools, professional chefs and even home cooks. Kate has also served as judge for the Pillsbury Bake-Off and the National Chicken Cook-Off. She can be reached at klawson@detnews.com.

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Turkey Day feast is all about the stuffing

My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal isn't the turkey or the pie. For me, it's all about the stuffing. - 11/20/2009

Reinvent the canned green bean casserole

Every year, it's the same debate about Thanksgiving dinner: Who's going to make the green bean casserole? I turn up my nose like the food snob I've been accused of being and offer to make it with the caveat -- no soup and no canned beans! - 11/19/2009

Black walnuts give smoky flavor to this torte

When I was growing up in Ohio, there was a black walnut tree in my next-door neighbor's yard that used to pepper us kids with walnuts every fall. We couldn't play in the backyard for all the green husks littering the ground and staining the patio (and I think the squirrels made cheap sport of us trying to bonk us on the head as we ran screaming and playing underneath the huge tree). - 11/13/2009

Ravioli recipe makes dinnertime easy

I love to cook. I just don't love to haveto cook. Every weekday afternoon around 3:30 the thought hits me that uh-oh, I've got to come up with an idea for dinner. - 11/12/2009

Pumpkin Rice Pudding makes for a special weeknight treat

Of all the Thanksgiving offerings, pumpkin pie is my least favorite. I know that sounds so un-American but I can't help it. And what I don't care for in pumpkin pie, I make up for in just about any fruit pie you put in front of me. - 11/06/2009

Punch guacamole up a notch

Now that the Halloween decorations have been spirited away, we can move on to the really scary concept of holiday entertaining. - 11/05/2009

Candy Bar Brownies are a Halloween treat

I know that trick-or-treating is for kids, but that doesn't mean adults don't have a major sweet tooth, too. - 10/30/2009

Spices, caramel and pumpkin power up dessert bars

McCormick Spices just sent out its "Flavor Forecast" for the holidays, which includes plenty of ginger and molasses, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice, along with creamy pumpkin and a holiday must-have -- peppermint and chocolate. - 10/29/2009

Roast chef Michael Symon serves up great recipes in new cookbook

The first time I tasted Michael Symon's food was at a James Beard dinner at Tribute in Farmington Hills about six years ago. A wide and varied collection of notable chefs had come to join Takashi Yaghihasi in his Tribute kitchen and I anticipated the dinner for days. - 10/23/2009