PAIRING: Pizza & Rhone Wine

Red Rhone wines are great with pizza. Photo by Kelly Cline | IST. We typically enjoy a beer with pizza. But we recently attended a “pizza challenge” that pitted top Manhattan pizza makers against those from Brooklyn. First, our top pick pizzas (use these ingredients at home): Kudos to Chef Mathieu Palombino from Motorino Pizzeria…
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TIP OF THE DAY: No-Gas Beans

Some people avoid beans because of the gas they can create. Yet beans are not just tasty; they’re an important and inexpensive source of protein that has been cultivated by man for more than 7,000 years. Oxygen magazine’s new book, Pick It Kick It, offers this tip: Soak beans for several hours or overnight in…
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FOOD FACTS: How To Pasteurize Eggs

If you can’t find pasteurized eggs, you can pasteurize them yourself—and still eat the cookie dough. Photo by Karen Andrews| SXC.   aw eggs are ingredients in sauces such as mayonnaise, Hollandaise sauce and Caesar salad dressing; in beverages such as egg nog and Orange Julius; in desserts such as custard-style ice cream, mousse, cold…
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