Year: 2013

TIP OF THE DAY: Cape Gooseberries

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If you’re not familiar with the cape gooseberry, the fruit’s short season begins soon. Keep an eye out, and pick up a box. There are different varieties of gooseberry, but our focus here is the cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana), also called the Peruvian groundcherry and the goldenberry, the uchuva (in Columbia) and fruta del amor…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Foie Gras Cubes, Bargain Foie Gras

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If you’re a fan of seared foie gras: Why pay a restaurant a $20 supplement for one little piece when you can buy an entire pound for $30.99 and sear it at home in a minute? Our Top Pick Of The Week is bargain foie gras: $30.99 a pound for the trimmings of the lobe,…
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FOOD FUN: A “Double” Grilled Cheese Sandwich

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Denny’s Fried Cheese Melt. Photo courtesy Denny’s.   We love the way it looks: It’s fun food. It belongs on a list of grilled cheese sandwich ideas. But this sandwich is not so much fun, after all. It was a dubious winner of a 2011 Xtreme Eating Award, bestowed by the Center for Science in…
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