Fast food Nation Inspired by the incendiary New York Times bestseller that exposed the hidden facts behind America’s fast food industry, Fast food Nation combines an all-star ensemble cast lead by Greg Kinnear, Wilmer Valderrama and Avril Lavigne with riveting, interlocked human stories to serve up “a firecracker of a movie that jumps off the screen” (Rolling Stone). When a marketing executive (Kinnear) for the Mickey’s burger chain is told there’s a nasty secret ingredient in his latest culinary creation?”The Big One”? he heads for the ranches and slaughterhouses of Colorado to investigate…but discovers the truth a bit difficult to swallow.

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Quad Cities Onlines - Cakes: Brandy Nut Fruitcake Comment on this recipe Ingredients 3 cups coarsely chopped English walnuts 1 cup chopped dates 1/2 cup raisins 1-1/2 cups halved maraschino cherries 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 3/4 cup sugar 1/2

Arturo’s jazzes things up at the Star Southfield
Detroit Free Press - The $50 fee includes a hat, recipe booklet and use of a chef’s coat. For details, e-mail managing partner Todd Stern at tstern@smallplates.com . Heating up teatime: Hunky actor Chris Noth, who played Mr. Big on “Sex in the City” and also stars in “Law

Blueberries, other fruit make cobblers, crisps
Williston Pioneer - I have prepared this week’s recipes and tried many more cobblers and fruit crisps, most of them baked, but for my taste, none quite compare to the simple old stove-top recipe with a drop dumpling top that allows the sweet juice from the fruit to seep

Cuisine Quest: Resort chef shares a grand recipe
Salt Lake Tribune - The buffet at the Grand Sierra Resort Lodge in Reno, Nev., is a favorite dining spot for travelers and locals alike. Utah’s Judy Balfour dined there about a year or so ago - when it was still the Reno Hilton - and among her favorite offerings was the

Tips to enjoy the open road without an open wallet
CNN - Sometimes that’s a recipe for disaster, especially when you get home and see your credit card statements,” Jensen said. Consider smaller amusement parks instead of heavily hyped attractions like Disney World, Jensen suggested. Explore state parks

recipe | Easy peach cobbler
TheState.com - Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Pour melted butter into a 13-inch-by-9-inch baking dish. In medium bowl, combine flour, 1 cup sugar, baking powder and salt. Mix well. Stir in milk, mixing just until combined. Pour batter over butter, but do

Michelle Anderson cooked up the winning recipe in the National Chicken
Idaho Statesman - This is the tale of a $100,000 chicken recipe. Micron software training analyst Michelle Anderson, 39, of Eagle, took home the top prize and 100,000 smackeroos for her recipe Thai-Inspired Stuffed Chicken Breast and Slaw on May 4, in Birmingham, Ala

Give store-bought muffins a makeover with this recipe
Canton Repository - Sure, you could make your own blueberry muffins from scratch. But sometimes you want a special occasion breakfast without the trouble. Likewise, it would be nice to have that fresh-from-the-oven taste without traipsing to the bakery that morning. The

Dill Potato Salad recipe
KSDK - Start with about 7 cups of unpeeled potatoes sliced into disks. Cook the sliced potatoes until they are tender then rinse and drain them. Put them in a bowl while they are still hot and cover them with about a half of a cup of vinaigrette or Italian

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