Makes 8 servings, doubles easilySee crust recipe belowVegetables:3 medium onions, cut into six chunks each3 small unpeeled red-skin potatoes, halved1 medium rutabaga or large turnip, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch-thick pieces1 large washed, unpeeled yam, cut into 1-inch chunks1 pound...

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Can the sassy, foul-mouthed, hectoring tone that prompted millions of women to buy "Skinny Bitch" work for men?In an effort to capture the other gender with their best-selling diet book franchise, Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin, the authors of "Skinny...

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