TIP OF THE DAY: Roasted Corn Guacamole

Even if you think your guacamole recipe is the best, there are so many guac lovers tweaking the basic recipe that you need to keep tasting! Now that it’s corn season, Top Chef Master and America’s best-known master of Mexican cuisine, Chef Rick Bayless, has put a new spin on guacamole. His special ingredients: grilled…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Talenti Gelato New Flavors

Four New Pints, Seven New Pops Our favorite ice cream maker, Talenti Gelato, has introduced four welcome new flavors. The company has also turned seven of the most popular flavors into chocolate-covered ice cream bars. As with everything, they done a masterful job with: Argentine Caramel Gelato, a delight for dulce de leche lovers Alphonso…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Panzanella, Summer Bread Salad

Panzanella, Tuscan bread salad. Photo by Jerry Keith | Wikimedia.   Bread salad, like French toast and croutons, is one of those delicious recipes invented by necessity: Poor people needed to get another meal from leftover bread that had gone stale. Panzanella is a Tuscan-style bread salad made with a loaf of day-old (or older)…
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RECIPE: French Green Beans Salad With Goat Cheese & Almonds

Green beans salad with goat cheese and almonds. Photo courtesy Pom Wonderful.   We love crunchy, al dente green beans as a side dish or a salad course. This recipe, from Pom Wonderful, adds goat cheese and almonds that create a most appealing flavor profile. The green beans are stir-fried, but you can steam them…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Blueberry & Yogurt Parfait

When summer gives you affordable fresh blueberries, go all Bubba Gump on them and make every type of blueberry recipe you can think of: blintzes, cheesecakes, cobbler/crisps, coffee cakes/crumb cakes, cookies, fruit salads, ice cream, lemonade, pancakes, pies, preserves, muffins (try corn muffins or this blueberry muffin recipe), sauces, smoothies, sorbet, sundaes, tarts, trifles, whatever.…
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