Saveur magazine's annual collection of winter recipes will be on newsstands soon. Cost is $9.95.
The special issue of the upscale food magazine, "Favorite Recipes for Winter Cooking," includes more than 150 recipes for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and the New Year.
The collection also includes specially designed menus such as an autumn harvest feast, Thanksgiving with a twist and an Italian-American Christmas Eve supper.
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A free, color-illustrated brochure from Barilla is billed as a guide to identifying and cooking quality pasta. "Pasta 101" is available for cooks to download at www.barillaus.com or by calling toll-free 1-800-922-7455.