RECIPE: Smoked Salmon Potato Salad

Summer means potato salad, and you can never have too many good potato salad recipes. This one, from Tiffany Ludwig of Zabar’s, uses the stores famous smoked salmon to excellent effect. “With capers, dill and smoked salmon,” says Tiffany, “this simple summer dish transforms brunch or lunch into a spectacular meal.” Tiffany urges that the…
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FOOD FUN: Rubik’s Battenberg Cake

Eat the Rubik’s Cube! Photo courtesy Stasty.com.   For those who loved the Mondrian Cake, here’s a another piece of edible art, which celebrates the birthday of Erno Rubik. Rubik, born July 13, 1944, is a Hungarian inventor, architect and professor of architecture. But his immortality lies in the 1974 invention of the Rubik’s Cube,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Sea Urchin

Today’s tip is sea urchin: beyond the sushi bar. It was inspired by a story in this month’s Smithsonian Magazine. At the sushi bar, we always order an uni sushi or two. If they were less pricey, we would toss down half a dozen. Uni is the Japanese word for sea urchin, an ancient shellfish,…
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PRODUCTS: Fruit & Vegetable Ice Pops

Now trending in an ice cream case near you: fruit and vegetable ice pops—all natural, dairy free, gluten free, fat free and packed with vitamins A and C. They’re a better for you option for a sit-down snack or on-the-go refreshment on a hot summer day. From major producers like Outshine (from Dreyer’s) to mom…
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RECIPE: Peanut Butter Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches

This recipe for peanut butter lovers was contributed by Isabelle Boucher of Crumblog and posted to the recipe section of ILovePeanutButter.com, the website of Peanut Butter & Co. She used Peanut Butter & Co.’s Dark Chocolate Dreams peanut butter to make the ice cream, and sandwiched it between two layers of brownie. You can also…
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