PRODUCT: Chili Flakes Grinder

Some people use chili flakes—a.k.a. red pepper flakes or crushed red pepper—as frequently as they use salt and pepper. The spice a popular table condiment in countries as dispersed as Hungary, Korea and the Middle East. In the U.S., you’re more likely to find the liquid equivalent, a bottle of hot sauce. A pinch of…
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Ice Cream Cupcakes & More For National Spumoni Day

[1] Spumoni, an ice cream treat for the eye and the palate (photo © Lezza). [2] Spumoni Baked Alaska. Just use the conventional spumoni flavors in any Baked Alaska recipe. Here’s the recipe for this one (photo © Taste Of Home). [3] For an easy spumoni ice cream cake, layer the flavors in a loaf…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Pasta With Greens

We were inspired by this picture in the beautiful photo gallery of Chicken Fried Gourmet, a blog featuring the cuisine of Shreveport, Louisiana-based chef Michael O’Boyle. An unusual concept today, pasta with greens dates back several centuries to Italian peasant fare. Meat was costly, greens were grown in the garden: Ecco! (That’s Italian for voilà.)…
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COOKING VIDEO: Make A Retro Gelatin Mold

  Here’s a tribute to aspic: a savory, gelatin-like food made from meat or fish stock. A classic French dish created centuries before the day of commercial gelatin* it was very difficult to prepare. In the beginning, cooks relied on the natural gelatin found in the meat to make the aspic set. In modern times,…
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