TIP OF THE DAY: Grilling With Wood Chips

If you grill with wood chips, how do you decide which chips to use? You may have your own system, or simply like mesquite with everything. But McCormick has added a bit of culinary science to the process. Here the company provides recommendations for specific wood chips to pair the right intensity wood with particular…
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RECIPE: Dessert Ravioli

…AND FOR DESSERT, RAVIOLI! Yes, ravioli. Even better, ravioli you can make yourself with the help of a great pasta-maker to teach you how. It’s not just deliciously gratifying, but it’s a good workout too. Rolling fresh pasta dough until it’s as thin as a sheet of paper is not for the “where’s-the-remote?” in you.…
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RECIPE: Gin Rickey Cocktail

Gin Rickey. Photo courtesy Tanqueray.   First: What is a rickey? It’s a highball—a fizzy whiskey drink mixed with club soda or ginger ale and served with ice in a tall glass. A rickey is made from gin or bourbon, fresh lime juice, carbonated water and ice. Sometimes sugar is added, largely to satisfy the…
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FOOD HOLIDAY & RECIPE: Ice Cream Cupcakes

No-bake ice cream cupcakes. Photo courtesy Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board.   For July 21, National Ice Cream Day, we made these no-bake ice cream cupcakes. They’re cupcakes in the sense that they’re made in cupcake liners, but with cookie crumbs instead of baked cake. Thus, the cookie crumbles and the oven stays off. If you…
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RECIPE: Thai Iced Coffee Recipe

Recently we published a recipe for Thai iced tea, which had some readers asking if there is also Thai iced coffee. There most definitely is (Vietnamese iced coffee is similar or identical, depending on who makes it). In Thailand, the drink is called kah-feh dahm yen, and the locals prefer it very sweet. You can…
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