Caesar Salad Recipe With A Twist: Poached Egg Instead Of Raw

[1] Instead of Caesar dressing with a raw egg yolk, try a poached egg. This variation also uses a long strip of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese‡ as a form to contain the salad and a dotted garnish of Parmigiano cream sauce. Beautiful! (photo © Payard). [2] Bibimbap. The egg yolk is broken and mixed in with the…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Pasta Mama’s 26 Flavored Pastas

Pasta is one of America’s favorite foods. Yet how many of us have had flavored pasta? There is no data, but our guess is a fraction of a percent. Pasta Mamas’s aims to change that. The artisan pasta maker produces 26 flavors of pasta, plus plain and whole wheat. Available in linguine, fettuccine and papardelle,…
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COOKING VIDEO: Easy Homemade Pasta Sauce

  Frankly, we’re surprised by the number of people we meet who cook at home, yet have never made pasta sauce from scratch. A basic pasta sauce couldn’t be easier. All you need is a lidded sauce pan and a wooden or silicone spoon. The ingredients are found in the kitchen of every person who…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Tomatoes With Flavored Sea Salt

Here’s an easy hors d’oeuvre or snack that’s delicious and different: cherry tomatoes with a choice of flavored sea salts. Simply set out toothpicks and let family and guests enjoy a succulent cherry or grape tomato with a dip of flavorful salt. Choose salts with contrasting colors, flavors and textures (crunchier coarse salt versus fine…
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PRODUCT: Grillcomb, The New BBQ Skewer

Skewer with ease with the Grillcomb. Photo courtesy Fusionbrands.   Grill mavens can now skewer with style with the Grillcomb from Fusionbrands. You need dexterity to thread foods dead-center onto conventional wood or metal skewers. But the Grillcomb, with its row of individual 18/8 stainless steel teeth, lets you easily slide on chunks of beef,…
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