DESSERT: Try A Mousse

Yesterday’s Easter dinner ended with chocolate mousse. To cap the festivity of the seven-course dinner* there were two different kinds of mousse: dark chocolate and white chocolate. It made us think about why nobody serves mousse anymore. It’s only found on the menus of old-style French and Continental restaurants, and there are fewer and fewer…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Tomato Juice Cocktail, a.k.a. Virgin Mary

Start dinner with a tomato juice cocktail, a.k.a. Virgin Mary. Photo by Marlena Zagajewski | Dreamstime. When was the last time you had a glass of tomato juice (that wasn’t a Bloody Mary)? Earlier this year we wrote about juice “cocktails,” and how the custom of starting lunch or dinner with a glass of tomato…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Best Gluten-Free Brownies, Cake & Cookies

Even if you don’t have a gluten allergy, you’ll want to know about these Top Picks. That’s because lots of people have allergies, with more diagnoses made daily. Even among people who appear to be healthy, gluten intolerance is common. Studies indicate that 1 in 167 children (0.6%) and 1 in 111 adults (0.9%) have…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Carrot Juice Easter Cocktails

Our favorite carrot juice is from Biotta,a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week. Photo by Corey Lugg | THE NIBBLE.   What does the Easter bunny drink? Carrot juice cocktails! Well, not really, but it’s a fun concept for Easter cocktails. FOR KIDS: Serve a Peter Cottontail Cocktail, carrot juice with a squeeze of lime…
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