TIP OF THE DAY: Peanut Butter Ice Cream

Today is National Peanut Butter & Jelly Day. Enjoy a sandwich with a glass of milk, and make some peanut butter & jelly ice cream: 1. Soften a pint of vanilla or chocolate ice cream (or frozen yogurt) and put the ice cream in a mixing bowl. 2. Add 4 tablespoons PB (creamy or crunchy)…
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Lambrusco, A Fizzy Italian Red In Both Dry & Off-Dry Styles

[1] Pouring a glass of Lambrusco from a conventional bottle (photo © CC Food Travel | Wikipedia). [2] The award winner: turn this bottle-decanter combo on its side, and it turns into a long-neck decanter that oxygenates the wine (photo © Cantine Ceci). [3] This square-sided bottle was introduced by the same company, but while…
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APRIL FOOL’S DAY: It’s A Box Of Pasta (Or Maybe A Book)

Reminiscent of Cosmo Kramer’s coffee table book on Seinfeld,* Carla Bardi has published a book of spaghetti recipes that looks like a box of spaghetti. At first glance it seems to be a spaghetti package from a supermarket shelf. If you hand it to someone, they’ll think you’re giving them a box of spaghetti. But…
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