Grandma's Cooking How-to's
If you are experimenting with some new recipes this month, check out these "how-to"s from Grandma Blanche Bianco. She'll teach how to boil pasta, make bechamel sauce and more.

The Many Helpful Uses of Baking Soda
Baking soda can help clean your dishes, fruits and vegetables, as well as help out with other household chores.

Lemons: Make Good Acne Treatments
Six uses for lemons that may improve your health.

Pumpkins for Health!
Why eat pumpkins? Few calories, lots of iron, protein, calcium and more.

What Really Puts You to Sleep on Thanksgiving?
Tryptophan is often used as an excuse for falling asleep after that big holiday meal. But is it truly the culprit?

Gingersnaps Galore
With a few gingersnap cookies, you can turn ordinary pancakes, muffins and other foods into festive holiday treats with the wonderful gingersnap flavor.

8 Things to do on Thanksgiving Besides Watch Football
The meal is complete, the dishes are done and it’s time to be with family and friends. Now what?

Cooking tips from Grandma Blanche Bianco
Wonder how to deglaze a pan or make bechamel sauce? Grandma Bianco has passed on a few tips for those who may be a bit new to the kitchen.

Tips to Relieve Heartburn and Indigestion Naturally
The holidays for eating is here. Here are some natural ways to help you avoid overeating and possible heartburn.

Childproofing for the Holidays
Before you dress your children in their best holiday clothes, you may want to call grandma and ask her to put the hard candies and breakable ornaments away.

Collard Greens
Want a prosperous new year? Try eating collard greens this New Year’s Day.

Tips for holiday weight loss
If you want to get back on track, here are a few tips on how to lower the fat and calories in your everyday cooking.

What can you do with an armful of rhubarb?

Plant for Taste
Looking for something else to grow and eat besides vegetables? Consider adding flowers to your list of potential snacks, or as additions to your salad bowl. Here are a few tips and rules for your health, when it comes to munching on flower blossoms.

Easy Ways to Preserve our Earth
We can all do something to help preserve our earth. It doesn't have to be difficult.

One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potato, Four: The Story of America's Favorite Vegetable
Americans love potatoes, whether it's fried, baked or mashed. They have become one of America's favorite vegetables. In this article, we will get to the roots of the potato, where it came from, and how it made its way onto our plates, and into our hearts.

Easy Ways to Help the Earth

Where did Ice Cream Come From?
You scream . . . I scream . . . We all scream for ICE SCREAM ...but who Screamed first? Learn about the history of this popular dessert.

Secret Ingredients for Better Tasting Dishes
Almanac Approved!

Drying Gourds
When should you pick gourds? How can you dry them to use them for crafts and decorations? Learn important tips on ways to dry these unique vegetables.

Don't Throw It Away!

Make Your 12 Days of Christmas More GREEN
12 Earth-Friendly Tips Learn how to make the 12 days of Christmas a little more green. Check out our easy but useful tips here.

Healthy Hints for the New Year
Easy to follow tips for a healthier you.

Cooking with Warming Spices
Learn how to warm yourself up from the inside out by adding these spices to your menu.

The Magic of Vanilla
Vanilla is a wonderful flavor. It's used in many recipes, but did you know that it also has many other uses?

Celebrate Spring Flavors
Favorite spring-time recipes. Looking for some new spring-time dishes to try? Check out our picks.

5 Secrets to Spice Up Your Gardens
Want to try something new in the garden this year? Check out these ideas that will add a little pizazz to your gardens.

Oyster Bisque

Banana Frost
This frozen delight can be a wonderful snack or dessert.

Lasagna
This is a wonderful lasagna recipe.

Sweet Potato Puffs

Creamed Sweet Potatoes
These are delicious with roasted turkey, pork or chicken.

Lentil Soup
This is a hearty winter soup.

Watergate Salad
No one knows why it’s called Watergate Salad, but it’s certainly popular!

Eggplant Parmesan

Pasta Salad

Egg Drops for Chicken Soup
Dumplings may be any of a wide variety of dishes, both sweet and savory, in several different cuisines. They are either made from balls of dough or are flattened and sliced.

Habanero Prawns Recipe
Frequently paired with seafood, habaneros are used in shrimp, scallop and fish dishes.

Applesauce Salad
This will become one of your standby company dishes!

Easy Hamburger Pasta Skillet
Penne is one of the most famous Italian pasta shapes.

Spotlight on Herbs: Oregano
Oregano is native to the Mediterranean and is commonly found in tomato sauces.

Visual Journey: Barilla Pasta Factory
Come take a tour of the Barilla Pasta Factory.

Homemade Pesto Sauce - The Garden Girl
Patti uses fresh basil from her garden as she demonstrates her favorite pesto sauce recipe.

Meals in Minutes
Full of simple yet hearty recipes that can be prepared in minutes! Perfect for the family on the go! Cook up some zippy ziti, Salisbury steak, crispy chicken fingers, Alfredo pasta with chicken, butterscotch brownies and chocolate eclair squares. All...

Country Quick and Easy
Savory dishes in no time flat! Country Quick & Easy shares tasty homestyle recipes just like Grandma used to make...only easier. You'll love trying quick (and yummy) recipes like State Fair Pork Chops, Old-Fashioned Potato Soup and Five-Minute Fudge. With...

Mom's Favorite Recipes
All-American favorites, straight from Mom's kitchen... you'll love this collection of irresistible recipes! Try delicious, hearty dishes like seashell salad, cheesy corn chowder, flaky chicken pot pie, skillet supper and apple bread pudding, or check out our chapter filled with...

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Culinary Seeds for Seasoning Chart
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Invite Rhubarb to your Garden
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Keep Everyone Smiling During Thanksgiving
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Healthy Uses for Lemons
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Easy Ways You Can Make A Difference
Little Things Add Up. Here are some asy ways to help preserve the earth from the Farmers’ Almanac. Recycle those plastic bags you get from the produce department at your local store. To keep them neat and easy to find, make...

About Farmers' Almanac
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What’s inside the 2008 Farmers’ Almanac? Take a peek…
Farmers’ Almanac Weather Predictions - The Tradition ContinuesWith more weather than another almanac, the 2008 Farmers’ Almanac contains 16 months of weather – starting with September 2007 and going through December 2008. Be the first to know when the snow...