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Slow Cookers: chicken in the pot; mushroom and fall squach barley risotto; braised pork chops with apples and onions; simple choucroute; slow-cooked pulled pork; red bean and rice soup; beef brisket pho; pork and beans; Emeril's chuck wagon chile for the slow cooker

Woks: 10-Vegetable stir fry; udon noodle stir fry with vegetables; wok-seared duck salad; tempura fish and chips

Big Pots: Southern style chicken and dumplings; big boy meatballs and spaghetti; matzoh ball soup; beef and barley soup with garlic-basil oil

Drinks: Masala Chai Spiced Tea; Black & White Malted Milkshake; Hot Buttered Rum

Baked Goods & Sweets: chive and cheddar biscuits; huckleberry crisps; sopaipillas; snickerdoodles; dulce de leche cake; Katherine Hepburn's brownies; Lindy's cheesecake; german chocolate cake

Vegetables & Sides: green bean casserole; butter risotto, spoonbread; Randy Evan's Southern peas

Meats: 7-hour leg of lamb; marinated flank steak; filet mignon with mushroom sauce; pineapple-chipotle glazed ham; Sid's fried onion burgers; patty melt; chicken fried steak; roast prok loin

Fish: stuffies; deep fried Southern catfish Poultry: sweet-and-spicy Korean fried chicken; Northern fried chicken; roasted herb chicken and vegetables

sausage roll; chicken and ham pot pie; treacle tart; no-bake chocolate-bottom pumpkin pie; chewey ginger bisuits (cookies); homemade marshmallows; and ghoulash

toad in the hole; irish stew; lancashire hotpot; cock-a-leekie; cornish pasties;

bangers and mash; cluddingly hotpot; scotch collosp (seared steak with onions and mushrooms;

Would like to try: roast beef of old england and yorkshire pudding; butter peas; glazed carrots; steak and kidney pie;

Homemade Fudge; Irish Soda Bread; Hot Chocolate; Nutty Chocolate-Covered Toffee; Molly's Meatballs with Onion Sauce; Mutton Pies; Mashed Parsnips; and Fried Tomatoes.

Aside from 1 or 2 recipes like pumpin juice, the recipes are more British than Harry Potterish. Still, there are quite a few recipes I'd like to try, such as: Pumpkin Juice; Chicken & Mushroom Pies; Meat & Potato Pies; Pheasant Pies; Bath Buns; Treacle Fudge; Beef Stew with Herb Dumplings;

Pasta & Noodles I'd like to try the following: Baked Zite with Sausage; Busatin with Spicy Tomato Sauce; Macaronin & Cheese with Ham; and Everyday Fried Noodles.

Eggs recipes look good but nothing jumps out

Soups & Stews I want to try both Woody DeSilva's Championship Chili and the Smoked Pork & Saurkraut Stew.

Appetizers I would like to try the following: The Ultimate Grilled Cheese Sandwich; Tapas-Style Meatballs; Guacamole; and especially the Herbed Tomato Tart

Ducth Ovens I want to try the following recipes: Cola-Braised Pot Roast with Vegetables; Chicken Cacciatore; Caribbean-Style Oxtails; and Coq Au Vin Blanc

Casseroles & Baking Dishes I want to try the following recipes: Jumbo Shells Stuffed with Ricotta, Mushrooms, and Roasted Red Peppers; English Cottage Pie with Root Vegetables; Meat and Veggie Lover's Deep Dish Pizza with Semolina Pizza Dough; Roast Leg of Lamb with Lemon and Oregano-scented Potatoes; and Turkey Club Casserole

Skillets & Saute Pans I want to try the Chicken Pot Pie with Tarragon Biscuits.

read "Go Slowly Sands of Time"; not a comic, but a short story with illustrations

read "Micro-ducks from Outer Space"

read "The Many Faces of Magica De Spell"

read: Island in the Sky

read: The Second-Richest Duck and Land of the Pygmy Indians

Jude is in the middle of a new love affair and Carol is feeling neglected.

read: The Lemming with the Locket (Uncle Scrooge #9) and Land Beneath the Ground (Uncle Scrooge #13)

Bess Marvin and George Fayne are introduced for the first time. Ned is mentioned but not explained. Nor does he appear.