TIP OF THE DAY: Add Bourbon To Dessert

You can simplify this fancy Cherries & Bourbon dessert and still enjoy the delicious combination of flavors. Photo courtesy Trace Restaurant | Austin.   Adding spirits to baked goods—Bourbon, Grand Marnier, liqueur, rum—adds a subtle nuance. We serve spiked desserts with a shot or liqueur glass of the featured spirit. It‘s a lovely end to…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Use Your Kitchen Scissors

Pizza scissors. You can use regular kitchen scissors to cut your pizza. Photo courtesy Sur La Table.   We saw these pizza scissors and thought: Hmm. If we were stuck for a gift for a pizza enthusiast, we might consider them. But most kitchens don’t need—much less have room for—single-purpose gadgets such as pizza scissors,…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: BelVita Breakfast Biscuits

At the beginning of the year, Nabisco launched BelVita breakfast biscuits, a nutritious alternative to cereal and bread products. They’re whole grain, calorie-friendly, and have been designed to release sustained energy. We highly recommended them. We didn’t foresee then that these nutritious, slightly sweet, crunchy and flavorful biscuits would become our favorite grab-and-go breakfast and…
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