TIP OF THE DAY: Truffle Oil Spray

It’s truffle season, and while we love the aroma and flavor of truffles, our budget doesn’t afford them often. So when we encountered an easily affordable spray bottle of Grand’Aroma Truffle Flavored Extra Virgin Olive Oil by Fratelli Mantova, we thought, “Why not?” We know that most truffle oils are flavored with “truffle essence”—laboratory approximations…
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RECIPE: Eggnog “Martini”

The Eggnog “Martini” in sunny Napa Valley. Photo courtesy Boon Fly Café | Carneros Inn.   Can you call any a cocktail poured into a Martini glass a Martini? Of course not; otherwise you’d call a Cosmopolitan a Cranberry Lime Martini with triple sec substituting for vermouth. The Martini is a cocktail made with gin…
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