TIP OF THE DAY: Make Green Beer, Champagne Or Ginger Ale For St. Patrick’s Day

Even if you have nothing planned and no time, you can still do something special for St. Patrick’s Day: Drink Green Make green beer, sparkling wine, ginger ale, lemon-lime soda (7-Up, Sprite) or club soda. Beer: Add 5-6 green drops of green food color to a 12-ounce stein; pour in the beer. Sparkling Wine: Add…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Substitutes For Wine In Cooking

Uh oh, no wine? Pick a substitute. Le Creuset French oven available at SurLaTable.com.   Sometimes when you’re preparing a recipe, you discover that you you don’t have wine, or find out that a guest does not consume any kind of alcohol. There are a number of substitutes for both red and white wine; although,…
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY: Corned Beef & Cabbage Egg Rolls Recipe

We love this fusion recipe for St. Patrick’s Day: Corned Beef and Cabbage Egg Rolls. It’s from Dietz and Watson, purveyors of fine deli meats. Chinese egg rolls are filled with cabbage and bits of pork. Here, corned beef substitutes for the pork, creating an “Irish” egg roll. The recipe serves 4. “FUSION” CORNED BEEF…
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Jalapeño Poppers: Recipes For Cinco De Mayo & Anytime

[1] Spicy, creamy, and crunchy Jalapeño Poppers. Here’s the recipe (photo © Ricardo Cuisine). [2] Jalitos from Leon’s Texas Cuisine, the first commercially-sold Popper-style food (photo © Leon’s Texas Cuisine | Facebook). [3] The first product to be called Jalapeño Poppers were a frozen product from Anchor Foods (photos #3 and #7 © Anchor Foods…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Make Salads Exciting

Advice from the experts: Eat more salad. Additional advice from the experts: Don’t load up the salad with fattening dressings. Here are 10 tips to make your salads so exciting, that a small amount of olive oil and negligible-calorie vinegar (or citrus juice) is all the dressing you need. 1. Mix Your Greens. If you’re…
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