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Celebrate the joys of pasta all month long.

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Not only is Nick Eldorado a member of the hard rockin' band LIKEHELL, he also loves hotdish so much (even more than Michele Bachmann) that he started his own group to celebrate the stuff. Since March is National Noodle Month, we checked in with Eldorado, who shares one of his favorite hotdish recipes and a pasta recipe made by his Italian papa.

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Serious Eats

A little more than your standard heart-shaped pizza

​Looking for a unique/sad/bizarre way to propose to someone on Tuesday? Pizza Hut is running a promotion through Valentine's Day called the "Tie the Knot With Dinner Box". More >>

It's high time for pie time

​March 14 used to be the day that held national significance for lovers of flaky pastry and mathematical constants alike, but the American Pie Council has declared today, January 23, National Pie Day, and its purpose is to "pass on the love and enjoyment of pie eating and pie making to future generations." If you're wondering why this day was specifically chosen as National Pie Day, the APC has a predictably cute and pretty convincing answer. "It's 1/23 because celebrating the wholesome goodness of pie is as easy as 1-2-3." 

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Restaurant options abound for Thanksgiving Day

​On a holiday that's all about food, why not let the professionals do the cooking? Whether you're hosting notoriously judgmental family members or looking to start a new lower-key Thanksgiving tradition, choosing one of the many Twin Cities restaurants that offer Thanksgiving Day meals just might be the way to go. Here are some of your options.

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Kowalski's is one of several places offering pre-made Thanksgiving dinners.

​Who hasn't ever entertained the thought of hiring a chef to prepare an entire Thanksgiving meal for the family? Since that option is fairly inaccessible, here's the next best thing: Pre-order your turkey and side dishes to go. Here are some local options.

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It's ours for the taking.

​Parents, find yourself some comfortable walking shoes. Kids, start your engines.

For the first time ever, Minneapolis has been ranked one of the best cities in the U.S. to go trick-or-treating.

The real estate website Zillow ranked 20 cities throughout the country in order of their trick-or-treatability, and Minneapolis placed 11th, ahead of Miami and San Diego. They also picked the best neighborhoods for Halloween loot, and we've picked the best possible route to hit them all and still have time to gorge at home before bedtime.

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With costumes, as with menus,it pays to choose wisely

​A Halloween costume can often be an extension of your personality. And for people who love to eat well, dressing up in some food-related outfit is a natural choice. But picking the right costume is fraught with peril. If you're clever and creative enough you could be the hit of the party, but make the wrong choice and you'll be broadcasting to the world that you're an idiot.

Yesterday we told you about some of our favorite Halloween costumes for food lovers. Here are five ridiculous costumes that are scary for all the wrong reasons.

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Halloween costumes good enough to eat

​Halloween may have candy and pumpkins, but it isn't known as a food holiday the way Thanksgiving, say, or even Valentine's Day are. But food lovers who generally have one thing on their mind every other day of the year don't make an exception for October 31. While others may go as zombies or vampires or Rick Perry, foodies will predictably be dressing up as comestibles.

We wanted to see what other food-obsessed people are going as this year. Here are some of the funniest, wackiest, and most original costumes we found.

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Bringing back the Fix for National Rum Day.

​Today, August 16, might be better known by its proper name: National Rum Day.  We intend to celebrate with a forgotten cocktail recipe. 

According to Ted Haigh, a.k.a "Dr. Cocktail," drinks in the category known as the "Fix" were made with a combination of spirits, juice, water, sugar, and ice. They were popular toward the end of the 19th century, later disappearing from cocktail recipe guides without explanation. On National Rum Day, we want to bring back the Fix, so perfect for summer, icy cold, fragrant with citrus, fresh fruit, and potent dark rum. Here is a recipe for a Fix adapted from Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails.

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