RECIPE: Homemade Tomato Soup With Goat Cheese Crostini

We love tomato soup, but have run out of patience with the added sweeteners—typically corn syrup or high fructose corn syrup. We don’t like the excessive sweet taste of the soup, we don’t like the added calories, and we certainly don’t like HFCS. For National Soup Month, here’s an easy recipe from Davio’s Boston, one…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Oven-Dried Tomatoes

Sun-dried tomatoes are delicious year-round; but according to the USDA, few if any store-bought sun-dried tomatoes are dried in the sun. The original technique, indeed, was to dry the tomatoes in the sun over the course of several days. These days, most “sun-dried” tomatoes are oven-dried. However, they taste the same, or even better, when…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Homemade Pork Ramen Soup

Get out your slow cooker and create this delicious Japanese comfort food. Photo courtesy Williams-Sonoma.   While many Americans think of ramen soup as one of the cheapest ways to feed oneself comfort food, in Japan the finest Japanese ramen soups take considerable culinary skill and many hours to create. Ramen is hearty enough to…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Candy Cane Ice Cream

Candy cane ice cream. If you want it to be pink, add red food color. Photo courtesy Williams-Sonoma.   One thing we love about the holidays is candy cane ice cream, also known as peppermint stick ice cream. The difference between it and the peppermint ice cream available year-round is the inclusion of crushed peppermint…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte

Why run out for one, when you can make Pumpkin Spice Latte at home? Photo courtesy Starbucks.   We know far too many people who have an addiction to Pumpkin Spice Latte. They often require two per day. To them we say: Why spend a fortune on a PSL habit? It’s easy to make Pumpkin…
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