TIP OF THE DAY: 10 Chef’s Tricks To Change Up Your Foods (Part 1)

Slice, caramelize and add to salads. Photo courtesy Microplane.   Chef Johnny Gnall shares this inspiration for cooking. He calls it “Going Against The Grain: Raw Foods You Should Try Cooking And (Typically) Cooked Foods You Should Try Raw.” Johnny chose 10 common ingredients and switched them from their typical use to “the other side.”…
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PRODUCT: Baked Brookster Mix, A Brownie/Cookie Combo

If you need a Valentine gift, run to your nearest Williams-Sonoma store to pick up a box of Baked Brookster Mix (also available online). Brookster? We’re guessing “brookie” was already trademarked. But a mix by any other name would taste as yummy. Popular New York City bakery, Baked Brooklyn, combines a fudgy brownie with a…
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PRODUCT: Diet Snapple Half ‘n Half

Photo courtesy Snapple.   Snapple didn’t invent the “Half ‘n Half,” a refreshing beverage made of half iced tea, half lemonade. The drink was popularized by golfing great Arnold Palmer. As the story goes, in the 1960s, after a long day spent designing a golf course in Palm Springs, Palmer asked a bartender for a…
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