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Do your eggs crack cleanly, or deposit fragments of shell? Photo by Michael Lorenzo | SXC. The biggest frustration we have in the kitchen is getting fragments of egg shell out of cracked eggs. Some might say that if this is our biggest problem, we should consider ourselves lucky. But the frustration of trying…
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A Chicago-style dog is a beef frank fully loaded with yellow mustard, onions, pickle relish, a dill pickle spear, tomato wedges and a dash of celery salt on a poppy seed bun. If the sound of it makes your heart flutter, you don’t have to head to Chicago. You can buy Katie’s Mustard Slaw—the longer…
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Our friend Ron and his daughter Stephanie like to order their Martinis with extra olives. The restaurant generally delivers the side of olives in a shot glass. Joining them in this tradition inspired today’s two-part tip: Use your liqueur glasses or shot glasses to serve extra olives to your Martini-loving friends. Serve a variety of…
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Most people think of ricotta as a filling or topping for lasagne, manicotti, ravioli and white pizza. On the sweet side, it’s the base of cannoli cream and the base of Italian cheesecake. But you can use this fresh Italian cheese: To make creamy sauces: Add a spoonful or more to tomato sauce, right before…
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“You are just seven ingredients away from this apple tart,” says Lauryn Cohen, a.k.a. the blogger Bella Baker. “It could be baking in your oven very, very soon. Just seven of the simplest, most standard ingredients (flour, sugar, butter, salt, water, apples, cinnamon) and a few easy to follow steps, and you’ve got yourself a…
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