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A marshmallow in the tip means no drip. Photo by Agg | Dreamstime. To keep an ice cream cone from dripping, stuff a miniature marshmallow or two into the bottom of the cone. It will plug up the tip so that ice cream doesn’t drip through. Want to make fancy dipped ice cream cones, like…
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Unlike mustard, pickles and other condiments that are essentially the same as at the time of their invention, mayonnaise evolved into something quite different. The “original” mayonnaise was a sauce served at a banquet following the 1756 Battle of Mahón, a city on the island of Minorca in the Mediterranean. The new recipe was named…
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A good choice: Snapple shows the milligrams of tea polyphenols on its bottle labels. They are equivalent to a cup of home-brewed tea. Photo courtesy Snapple. Bottled tea is a $1 billion industry in the United States. In the past decade, many people have switched to it from soft drinks because of the antioxidant-generated health…
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When you need a quick topping for cake, pie or bread pudding, melt a pint of premium French vanilla ice cream (made with egg yolks). Melt a pint (2 cups) of ice cream at room temperature or in the refrigerator. Stir in 2 ounces (jiggers) of bourbon. Serve cold, at room temperature or slightly warmed.…
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Dixie Heat is one of our new favorite hot sauce brands. Photo by Katharine Pollak | THE NIBBLE. If you enjoy enjoy Tabasco as a food condiment, you should try some of the small-batch, artisan hot sauces on the market. We try dozens of hot sauces each year. Some are just hot (or scorching!), others…
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