Weekend wines: Value vino that tastes great, under $15

When it comes to wine, what does value mean to you? It depends, of course, on your perspective. On a basic level, it’s about a price you feel comfortable paying.

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Weekend survival guide: Treats to keep you on track

You may have stayed with your diet all week, but come the weekend, those cravings can be overpowering. Here, we share three recipes for tasty treats to throw into your weekend mix.

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Feast your eyes: Indulge with these comfort food photos

There's nothing like gorgeous food photos to whet your appetite and inspire the culinary adventurer within you. Each week, we showcase some of the best images from readers who've traveled the globe in search of exciting eats or slaved over the stove to make a luscious creation.

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Home Chef winner shares his fave time-saving cooking tip

Meet Brandon Matzek, this week's winner of TODAY's Home Chef Challenge. Brandon documents his cooking adventures on his blog, Kitchen Konfidence. Learn more about him, and get his winning recipe for the delicious, nutritious green bean salad with mustard seeds and tarragon.

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10 pantry staples for food lovers on a health kick

It’s a lot easier to eat healthy meals and snacks if you have exactly what you need at your fingertips.

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Get a taste of India by making dosa at home

Crispy, savory and slightly sour, dosa is the South Indian counterpart to crepes. Made with rice flour and black lentils, it can go from the size of a typical pancake to being up to a foot and a half in diameter.

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Weekend survival guide: 3 dishes under 250 calories

You may have stayed with your diet all week, but come the weekend, those cravings can be overpowering. Here, we share three recipes for tasty dishes to throw into your weekend mix.

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Feast your eyes: Salivate over these meaty food photos

There's nothing like gorgeous food photos to whet your appetite and inspire the culinary adventurer within you. Each week, we showcase some of the best images from readers who've traveled the globe in search of exciting eats or slaved over the stove to make a luscious creation.

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Cabernet flour? Chefs get creative with a kitchen staple

Flour is one of those necessary ingredients we all take for granted. Now, chefs are sprucing up the pantry staple with some wild flavors.  

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TODAY viewers, chefs and fans react to Paula Deen admission

Paula Deen’s announcement Tuesday on TODAY that she has type-2 diabetes generated tons of buzz. Celeb chefs were expressing their support or ire (we’re looking at you, Tony B.) for the butter maven.

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Eat like the lords and ladies of 'Downton Abbey'

“Downton Abbey” won a Golden Globe for best mini-series on Sunday. If you’re a fan of the show, or just jumping on the bandwagon now (as well as being an unabashed TV food nerd), here’s a guide for eats to truly immerse yourself in the program.

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Paula Deen: Diabetes diagnosis won't change how I cook

Queen of comfort cuisine Paula Deen confirmed to Al Roker Tuesday that she has type-2 diabetes. In her first broadcast interview discussing the disease, Deen said she intentionally kept the diagnosis secret after discovering she had it during a routine physical three years ago.

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Paula Deen to discuss health rumors on TODAY Tuesday

Celebrity chef Paula Deen will sit down with TODAY’s Al Roker Tuesday, Jan. 17, in an exclusive interview to discuss reports that she has type 2 diabetes.

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Weekend survival guide: 3 low-calorie recipes to try

You might have stuck to your diet all week, but come the weekend, those cravings can be overpowering. Here, we share three recipes for dishes that will trick your taste buds into thinking you’re indulging, when in reality, you’re staying right on track.  

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Feast your eyes: Drool-worthy dessert photos

There's nothing like gorgeous food photos to whet your appetite and inspire the culinary adventurer within you. Each week, we showcase some of the best images from readers who've traveled the globe in search of exciting eats or slaved over the stove to make a luscious creation.

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Chocolate truffle and more: Celebrate Hot Tea Month with these 8 exotic brews

Those who ordain food holidays were smart in choosing icy cold January as the time to celebrate National Hot Tea Month. To celebrate, we tried some teas that take a twist on the traditional.

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5 easy ways to slim down comfort foods

During cold winter months, it’s hard not to crave cozy comfort foods to get rid of those cold-weather blues.

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Home chef winner dishes on Cajun-meets-comfort cooking

This week's Home Chef Challenge winner is Susan Sands, a self-described "stay-at-home cook, chauffeur, laundress and mother of three." Originally from Louisiana, this home chef takes pride in her Cajun-meets-Southern comfort cooking style. Try her winning recipe for Cajun j …

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5 American regional foods you must try

Once upon a time, Buffalo chicken wings could only be eaten in Buffalo, and the steak and cheese sandwich was strictly a Philadelphia menu item.

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It's National Pizza Week! How to find the perfect slice

Colin Hagendorf is a venerable slice expert. The Brooklyn native recently completed his quest to eat at every pizza slice joint in Manhattan, chronicling his 370-plus slice binge on his blog Slice Harvester.

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10-year-old gets day of recognition for cinnamon rolls

Sam Tollison is probably still coming down from the sugar high he experienced Sunday. Along with his fellow residents of the Centennial State, the 10-year-old was chowing down his favorite treat on Colorado Cinnamon Roll Day.

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Psychic monkey goes bananas for Gingrich

Could Grandpa really know more than we do, or is this psychic monkey going senile? Staten Island Zoo’s famous psychic spider monkey was challenged Monday by the New York Daily News to predict the winner of New Hampshire’s Republican primary.

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Sweet craving? Try healthier muffins, decked-out sprouts

One week into your diet resolution and things are getting tough. Every fast food commercial and reference to pastry is making you salivate. Hang in there! Here are two recipes to help satisfy your sweet tooth without throwing you off track.

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TODAY gets a special anniversary doughnut

What better way to kick off our 60th birthday bash than by chowing down a doughnut made in our honor?

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Savannah (and TODAY.com) taste-test new Girl Scout cookies

In the hottest debut since, uh, the last time the Girl Scouts released a new cookie, the Savannah Smile, a tangy lemon cookie topped with powdered sugar, was announced as part of the Girl Scouts’ 100th anniversary celebration.

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