PRODUCT: Drink Covers

Keep the bugs from your drinks. Photo courtesy Charles Viancin.   Here’s a solution for keeping insects from your drinks: drink covers from Charles Viancin. The cold drink lid is solid; the hot drink lid has mesh inserts that allow steam to escape. They’re $7.95 for a set of two at BinkDavies.com. The Sunflower Lid…
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RECIPE: Potato Hash For Breakfast Or Brunch

Hash is a mixture of foods cut into small pieces. Corned beef hash is perhaps the best known recipe, typically made from cubed or shredded corned beef mixed with chopped onions and diced potatoes. If the potatoes are shredded or riced and pan-fried, they are often called hash browns. In less affluent households, when there…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Easy “Fancy” Dessert

Large and small meringue cookies top a bin of chocolate chip gelato. Photo courtesy Vivoli.it.   We were inspired by this photo from Italian gelato maker Vivoli, who decorated a bin of straciatella (chocolate chip) gelato with large and small meringue cookies. For an easy fancy dessert, simply serve a scoop of ice cream, gelato…
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