Year: 2013

TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Blue Bandana Chocolate Bars

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New artisan chocolate bars. Photo courtesy Lake Champlain Chocolates.   Looking for an Easter gift for a chocolate connoisseur? Check out Blue Bandana chocolate bars from Lake Champlain Chocolates, one of our favorite producers of fine chocolate candies. Third-generation chocolatier Eric Lampman developed the bean-to-bar chocolate, using single origin cacao beans from Guatemala and Madagascar.…
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY RECIPE: Corned Beef & Cabbage Potato Salad

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Here’s a charming twist on corned beef and cabbage created by PotatoGoodness.com: Turn it into a potato salad! You can serve it with anything from a sandwich at lunch, to dinner—whether your dinner is hot corned beef and cabbage, grilled fish, a burger or anything that goes well with potato salad. For year-round feasting, leave…
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Bruschetta & Crostini: The Difference & Recipes

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Bruschetta and crostini are popular hors d’oeuvres that are easy to make. They also can be served as a first course or a light meal, with salad and/or soup.     BRUSCHETTA VS. CROSTINI: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? The answer, in brief, is the size of the slice, plus grilling versus toasting. Bruschetta (three or four…
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY RECIPE: Ombre Three-Tiered Green Layer Cake

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[1] Three shades of green for St. Patrick’s Day (photos #1 and#2 © McCormick). [2] Green food color does the trick. [3] Themed sprinkles make any cake or cupcake more festive. Find these on Amazon (photo © Man Vs. Cakes).   We love this festive cake from McCormick. It’s an ombre cake: Ombre is the…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Bake A Savory Pie For National “Pi” Day

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Make this delicious beef pot pie. Photo and recipe courtesy BettyCrocker.com.   Remember your high school math: Pi (3.14159) is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Math geeks have declared 3.14 (March 14th) Pi Day. But we’re adopting it as “Pie Day”; and why not, since a pie is a circle, and…
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