COOKING VIDEO: How To Make Coconut Water

  If you enjoy a refreshing glass of coconut water (a.k.a. coconut juice), you may like to see how it’s made. Actually, Mother Nature makes the coconut water. The challenge is to get it from the inside of the coconut. First, you need a machete. Then, if you enjoy relieving your frustration/anger/whatever by hacking open…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make A Club Soda Drink

Are you acting as designated driver, not drinking alcohol or looking for a tasty non-caloric mocktail or a sweetener-free soft drink? An enhanced glass of club soda is a delicious drink, inexpensive to make and virtually calorie-free. For a refreshing drink, flavor a glass of club soda with one or more herbs or fruits. Lemon…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Watermelon Juice

Make your own watermelon juice. Photo by Hyhoon1210 | Dreamstime.   Have you ever had watermelon juice? It’s delicious. We used to buy Sundia watermelon juice, but we can’t find it anymore. Now we make our own. You can turn it into a family project by getting the kids to remove all the seeds. And…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Host A Spaghettata, An Informal Spaghetti Party

If you’re Italian American, you may know what a spaghettata is (pronounced spa-get-TAH-tah). It’s like a cookout, but it takes place indoors, with spaghetti. In other words, it’s a spaghetti party (or simply a pasta party, if you serve a different type of pasta). It can be an impromptu lunch or dinner, following a card…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Wrap Sandwiches, Deli-Style

Have a roast beef on rye, wrap style. Photo by River Soma | THE NIBBLE.   Our food styles evolve, thank goodness. That’s what keeps it interesting. While flatbreads have been used to wrap food since the invention of bread, the American wrap sandwich was created in the 1980s at a Southern California restaurant chain…
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