Glamorous Cold Soup Recipe: Pea Soup Or Zucchini Soup

[1] This cold (chilled) fresh pea soup recipe can be made with zucchini instead (photo © Gabriel Kreuther). [2] For an elegant presentation, serve the bowl of chilled soup nestled into a bed of crushed ice. The chef scattered microgreens across the ice, but you can use snipped fresh herbs (photo © Meli Melo Restaurant…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Turn Corn Cobs Into Corn Stock

A few days ago in our post on using raw corn, we promised the recipe. Here it is, courtesy of The Kitchenista, Alissa Dicker Schreiber. After you’ve removed the kernels from corn-on-the-cob for a recipe, don’t throw away those corn cobs: make corn stock. It couldn’t be easier, and the stock is delicious. CORN STOCK…
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PRODUCT: Baconnaise’s Brother, Bacon Ranch Dressing

This packet of mix makes a delicious and addictive salad dressing or dip. Photo courtesy J & D’s. With the current trend toward everything bacon, even vegetarians and kosher eaters have products to enjoy. J & D’s, makers of Bacon Salt and Baconnaise, keep pumping out bacon-flavored products using natural smoke flavor and other flavors…
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PRODUCT: Star Wars Cookie Cutters

Want to teach boys to bake, but find them resistant? Star Wars cookie cutters, exclusively at Williams-Sonoma, might be the motivator. Four cookie cutters that produce Yoda, Darth Vader, Boba Fett and a Stormtrooper are $19.95. Note that beautiful cookies don’t emerge from the oven: This is a lesson in decorating as well as baking.…
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PRODUCT: Sonoma Farm Asiago & Parmesan Dip

With this versatile spread, you can transform an otherwise bland food. Photo by Emily Chang | THE NIBBLE. Sonoma Farm makes Mediterranean-influenced artisan products in small batches. Their olive oils and vinegars were a Top Pick Of The Week. Recently, we tried other products and found the Asiago & Parmesan Dip to be another winner.…
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