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No need to overload your cranberry sauce with sugar this holiday season − a food scientist explains how to cook with fewer added sweeteners

  • Written by Rosemary Trout, Associate Clinical Professor of Culinary Arts & Food Science, Drexel University
imageFall means cranberry season − and sweet seasonal holiday dishes. AP Photo/Sergei Grits

The holidays are full of delicious and indulgent food and drinks. It’s hard to resist dreaming about cookies, specialty cakes, rich meats and super saucy side dishes.

Lots of the healthy raw ingredients used in holiday foods can end up overshadowed by...

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