MEMORIAL DAY: Toast With Red, White & Blue Cocktails

Beyond planning barbecues and celebrating the three-day weekend, many of us have forgotten the meaning of Memorial Day. There are fewer parades of marching veterans, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts; fewer veterans sell paper poppies to raise money for the families of fallen soldiers. Memorial Day grew from the Civil War: Before the end of…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Clarified Butter

[1] Melted or “drawn” butter, at top, compared to clarified butter (photo by Emily Chang | THE NIBBLE). Melted or “drawn” butter, at top, compared to clarified butter (photo by Emily Chang | THE NIBBLE).   If you like to sauté foods in butter but find that higher heat scorches the butter, use clarified butter…
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