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Celebrate the Season’s Best with a Smoked Holiday Ham

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Whether you’re hosting a large holiday gathering or simply savoring the season with those nearest and dearest, serving up flavorful dishes your friends and family will love is key to bringing everyone together.

Unique ways to cook a Thanksgiving turkey

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Much effort goes into picking and preparing a Thanksgiving turkey. Depending on the size of the bird, turkeys can take many hours to cook. Thanksgiving celebrants are no doubt familiar with ovenroasted turkey, which is the most traditional way to cook turkey. But this year hosts who want to expand their horizons and think beyond the oven can consider two popular alternative methods to cooking a Thanksgiving turkey.

Social Security disability vs. spouse benefits vs. survivor benefits (and COLA)

Dear Rusty: I retired from working in June but will not sign up for Social Security until age 70 and, to do that, I plan to draw from my IRA for the next 3 years.

Essential gear for first-time Thanksgiving hosts

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Individuals who are new to Thanksgiving hosting may be at a loss as to where to start with their preparation. There are certain musthaves hosts should familiarize themselves with. Many of these essentials revolve around tools for cooking in the kitchen and serving guests.

Homemade pie makes for a perfect ending to a holiday meal

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Millions of people insist no holiday meal is complete without some pie for dessert. Pie served with coffee certainly makes for a fitting end to a holiday meal, and hosts can serve any type of pie and still end up with some satisfied guests.

BIRTHDAYS

November 11

You don’t know what you know about Rosie until you know

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I’m notorious for saying “you don’t know what you know until you know.” I’ve used it to encourage others when they discover something new and suddenly feel they should have already known it. But there’s no expectation we should know everything all the time. Thank goodness for that.

Sanders Family Christmas opening soon

The Sanders Family Singers are back in a Christmas-themed sequel to “Smoke on the Mountain,” called “Sanders Family Christmas.” This hilarious holiday hootenanny is written by Connie Rae and conceived by Alan Bailey with musical arrangements by John Foley and Gary Fagin.

Discuss with your doctor two options to treat rectocele

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Dear Doctors: I have been told I have a stage 2 rectocele and that there are two ways to approach treating it. One is insertion of something into the rectum; the other is surgery. Can you please discuss these two options? Could doing physical therapy be helpful?

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