BOOK: For Prospective Culinary Students

This quick read can tell you if you should seriously consider a culinary career. Want a career change? Can’t find a job in the recession? Love to cook? Many people consider careers as a chef de cuisine, pastry chef or caterer. But what’s the reality versus the dream? Some insights come from Dorothy Cann Hamilton,…
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RECIPE: Brandy Alexander

January 31st is National Brandy Alexander Day. We look at it as a transition out of Healthy Food Month at THE NIBBLE and a way to gird ourselves for Valentine’s Day carbs. The creamy cocktail was often served as a nightcap. It’s dangerously good—like a spiked milkshake.   BRANDY ALEXANDER HISTORY According to the Classic…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Low Calorie Party

This barbecue pork loin saves many calories with a sugar-free blackberry sauce. Here’s the recipe. Photo courtesy The J.M. Smucker Company. Want to throw a get-together but fear for your strict diet? Have a pot luck diet lunch or dinner. Everyone brings his or her best low-calorie dish, along with copies of the recipe to…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Egg Month

It’s the last day of National Egg Month. So: Enjoy an omelet for breakfast or lunch. Or how about Portabella Eggs Benedict: The portabella substitutes for the English muffin. No bread, no carbs. Make the perfect hard-boiled egg. Check out all the different types of eggs in our Egg Glossary. It’s egg-citing! Learn your egg…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Sugar-Free Jigglers

Make Diet Jello-O a fun diet food with Jello-O Jigglers molds. Photo courtesy Kraft Foods. Our next-to-last diet tip for Healthy Food Month at THE NIBBLE: If you’ve ever made Jell-O brand Jigglers for kids—Jell-O poured into egg-size molds that are particularly popular at Easter—those molds make colorful and tasty diet food when you fill…
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