Plan your side dishes for Thanksgiving. Sweet heirloom carrots with dried cranberries, carmelized shallots and pecans at www.seasonedfork.com

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Try these crisy steak fries with your favorite steak or as a side dish to compliment your week-night dinner… or as a late-night snack! Visit www.seasonedfork.com for steak recipes and other entrees!

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Bring the excitement of Morocco to your kitchen. Try these spiced-glazed carrots for Passover, Easter or a special dinner. www.seasonedfork.com

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Brussels sprouts seem like the quintessentially staid Northern European vegetable, but have you ever seen them grow? It looks like a lush tropical hothouse decorative plant, with big top leaves, its trunk studded with exotic bulbs. Stripped from the plant, the sprouts look like the mini-cabbages they are (they are in the Brassica family), but [...]

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Looking for an hors d’oeuvre to keep your guests busy before you serve dinner? Try this beautiful pastry-encased Brie with apple compote and serve with a selection of North Fork wines. For more Thanksgiving ideas, stayed tuned to Seasoned Fork.

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We may like to say “as American as apple pie,” but make way on your Thanksgiving table for the real red-blooded American fruit of the fall season: the cranberry. Along with the blueberry and the Concord grape, it is the only truly American commercial fruit and because cranberries are at their peak in November, they [...]

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A Thanksgiving menu for all of your guests. Turkey or not: terrific ideas for side dishes, desserts and wine.

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This is great side dish served warm at dinner and great served cold the next day on your picnic table.  This was one of the recipes that accompanied the hot-smoked trout and during last week’s sold-out cooking class with dinner.  For those of you who missed it, here’s the recipe. It is not only delicious but [...]

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Anyone who who owns a grill looks forward to Memorial Day weekend. Whether you’re breaking out the full size grill or packing a Habachi, everyone looks forward to summer cookouts and new grill recipes. I started hot-smoking my own fish years ago when I found that store bought smoked fish was usually dry from being [...]

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4 pounds North Fork, Route 48 (Sound Ave) chef potatoes, peeled, cut into 1-inch pieces 1 cup of half and half 
 ¼ cup of chicken breast 1/2 to 1/3 cup butter, room temperature 
 1 tablespoon white truffle oil 
 Coarse kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 
 1 teaspoon shaved black truffle (optional) Simmer potatoes in large pot [...]

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