COCKTAIL RECIPE: True Grit & Bourbon

While Rooster Cogburn never missed a drink, we’re not certain that he’d cotton to mixing his whiskey with cinnamon schnapps and gold flakes. That’s more than a bit too fancy for the whiskey available in either rural Arkansas or the Indian territory that became Oklahoma. And nobody in Charles Portis’ novel, True Grit—or any of…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Homemade Flavored Water

While anise water won’t overtake mint water, it’s one of our favorites. Photo courtesy McCormick. We’ve written before about adding berries, citrus slices, cucumber slices, mint and other herbs to create a pitcher of infused water. It adds considerable flavor with negligent calories. You can also make flavored water with extracts. McCormick’s, available at most…
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Cooking Video: Low Calorie Cocktails

  You can still enjoy a few drinks on Christmas and New Year’s Eve, without breaking the calorie bank. Registered Dietician Elizabeth Somer provides tips that help you to “drink this, not that,” to borrow a phrase from the popular book by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding. In fact, the book series that includes Drink…
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TIP OF THE DAY: OXO Salad Spinner

Stop using paper towels to dry off your salad greens. You not only use an unreasonable amount of paper towels (non-green greens, as it were); but you also unnecessarily crush delicate greens such as basil and mint. Instead, use the OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner to dry your lettuce and herbs. What separates the OXO…
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RECIPE: Holiday Cranberry Sauce

It’s easy to make from scratch. Photo by M. Sheldrake | IST. Whether you’re planning a duck, goose, ham or turkey for Christmas, make your own delicious cranberry sauce as a side. It’s easy, and tastes so much better than store-bought. CRANBERRY SAUCE RECIPE Ingredients 1 pound frozen or fresh cranberries Juice of 2 navel…
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