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Fast and Easy Pumpkin Fries Recipe
Thanksgiving

Pumpkin: Skip the Pies For Fries

Everyone's tried a pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving — but pumpkins are useful for so much more than just pie.
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Everyone's tried a pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving — but pumpkins are useful for so much more than just pie. This year, my family will free up the oven by deep-frying the bird — and since the oil will be hot, why not try something new and cook up some pumpkin fries?

I served my first few batches of pumpkin fries with a spicy aioli, but a cranberry dipping sauce would be a great alternative as well. If you're in the mood for something sweet, sprinkle the last batch with cinnamon and sugar. These fries are easy to prep and fry just before the big feast, especially with the fryer already hot. If you're ready to give up the pie and start with a fry, then keep reading for the recipe.

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Photos and Interview of Jay-Z in O Magazine With Oprah
Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Gets Jay-Z to Laugh and Talk Beyonce, Just a Little

Jay-Z isn't a man of many interviews, but he's been making the selective rounds promoting his album Blueprint 3, which comes out on September 11.
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Jay-Z isn't a man of many interviews, but he's been making the selective rounds promoting his album Blueprint 3, which comes out on September 11. He recently opened up a bit on Real Time With Bill Maher and now he's in the upcoming issue of O Magazine. He met up with Oprah in his old Brooklyn neighborhood to talk a little about his upbringing, wedding to Beyonce and the most influential books in his life. Even Oprah gushed a little about how good he smells. There's more to come when the magazine is out, but for now here are highlights:

  • On why he was the one from his neighborhood to succeed: "There's the gift, there's the spirit, and there's the work — all three have to come together. If one of those things is off, it can stop you from becoming who you were meant to be."
  • On using the N-word in his lyrics: "Nothing is necessary. It's just become part of the way we communicate. My generation hasn't had the same experience with that word that generations of people before us had. We weren't so close to the pain. So in our way, we disarmed the word. We took the fire pin out of the grenade."
  • On his wedding with Beyonce: "Late planning! ... Very few [people knew]. The sad part is that we offended some. But people who love you understand. Because at the end of the day, it's your day."
  • On his favorite date spot: "I'm gonna get killed for this, but I'll tell you anyway. There's a great pizza spot we go to every Sunday. It's our tradition. It's a small place in Brooklyn, you can bring your own wine, and there are candles there. It's a nice date."

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Oprah and Michelle Obama on O Magazine Cover
News

Firsts! Oprah Shares Her First Cover With First Lady

For the last nine years Oprah has been a regular face and figure at the grocery store check-out line.
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For the last nine years Oprah has been a regular face and figure at the grocery store check-out line. The media mogul has been the sole cover girl on O magazine since its inception. But the upcoming April issue is a different story — Oprah is sharing(!) with First Lady Michelle Obama.

In the issue, which hits newsstands March 17, Michelle dishes on her new life in the White House. Here are some highlights:

  • On her first weekend in the White House: Well, we still had family here, so it was almost like a wedding. A huge, very complicated wedding. The last visitors didn't leave until Sunday. And then the first Monday was kind of weird. You know: Now we live here, and Barack is getting up and going to work, and it's just us. This is our home now.
  • On who the White House really belongs to: When you go out and come back, especially at night, with all the white lights on — it's just beautiful. We feel privileged, and we feel a responsibility to make it feel like the people's house. We have the good fortune of being able to sleep here, but this house belongs to America.

Will you encourage Oprah to share more by picking up this issue?

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Four Steps For Handling Hurtful Comments
Love and Sex

Four Steps For Handling Hurtful Comments

There's nothing as rude and hurtful as a critical comment dressed as praise or a joke.
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There's nothing as rude and hurtful as a critical comment dressed as praise or a joke. The truth is no matter how they're brushed off, you know when someone's said something to intentionally put you down. Anger and embarrassment are natural reactions, but an article from November's O magazine offers some more productive ways of countering rude comments. I've summed up the four principles it mentions, so to see them just read more

Dear Poll: Is It Better to Be With Someone Who Loves You More?
relationships

Dear Poll: Is It Better to Be With Someone Who Loves You More?

In the June issue of O magazine, one reader asks Cindy Chupack, author of The Between Boyfriends Book, if having a partner who is more in love with you than you are with him is actually a good thing.
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In the June issue of O magazine, one reader asks Cindy Chupack, author of The Between Boyfriends Book, if having a partner who is more in love with you than you are with him is actually a good thing. Since I've heard this relationship myth more times than I can count, but never have seen it actually work out, I found myself nodding along with Chupack's answer. She writes:

I understand the appeal of being the person who loves less. It seems safe. How could he ever hurt you if he feels lucky to have you? You've got the power. . . . But at a certain point, when it comes to love, my experience is that you're in or you're out. And if you're out, you need to ask yourself, "Why am I still in?"

I'd much rather be crazy in love then stay with someone just because they're head over heels in love with me, but I do agree that the latter provides a heartbreak safety net. Do you buy into the old adage that it's better to be with a man who loves you more than you love him?

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Who Would Oprah Pick For First Female President?
News

Who Would Oprah Pick For First Female President?

Oprah is keen on a woman politician not named Hillary Clinton.
by LibertySugar

Oprah is keen on a woman politician not named Hillary Clinton. The latest issue of O magazine features Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius in a piece about the virtues of female executive know-how. Governor Sebelius, an Obama supporter, gave this year's Democratic response after Bush's State of the Union.

Today the New York Times explored Oprah's apparent pick for first female president, along with some other likely candidates. The short list also includes Janet Napolitano, the Democratic governor of Arizona, and Condoleezza Rice.

The article explains that Sebelius and Napolitano have Clinton's ambitious appeal without all the baggage. It goes on to praise Napolitano for having bypassed "any of the old-fashioned ways of gaining political prominence: on the coattails of a doting daddy (see Susan Molinari), a dead husband (see Mary Bono), or a politically dead husband (see Elizabeth Dole)."

Do you think Hillary Clinton, with her connections and name recognition, is the female gender's best shot at capturing the White House? Or, are we just beginning to tap a generous supply of able female leaders?

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