Year: 2011

TIP OF THE DAY: Blood Oranges

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Blood oranges—also called blush oranges and Maltese oranges, among other names—are in high season now. We look forward to them all year, contenting ourselves with the excellent bottled blood orange juice from Italian Volcano (organic and kosher) when we can’t squeeze our own. Blood oranges are believed to be a mutation of the sweet orange…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Use Your Spices

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Spring your spices from their sealed jars and add them to a new recipe. Photo of star anise courtesy Wikimedia. There are some spices in the cabinet that you use more often than others: chili powder, cinnamon, garlic powder or paprika, for example. And then there are those that were bought for a recipe—like cardamom…
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COOKING VIDEO: Make Easy Chinese Dumplings

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  Earlier today, we challenged you to make rabbit-shaped dumplings to celebrate the Year Of The Rabbit. The new Chinese lunar year begins on February 3rd. While the secret to making the rabbit shape is not in this video, you will see how easy it is to make boiled Chinese dumplings. You can use the…
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