FOOD FUN: Chioggia Beets

[1] Chioggia beets, candy striped by nature (photo © Bee Raw). [2] A bowl of striped chioggia and conventional red beets (photo by Woodley Wonderworks | CC BY 2.0 License).   Some vegetables just engender a smile. For us, watermelon radish and chioggia beets are two of these, both charmingly candy striped by nature. It’s…
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PRODUCT: Fischer & Wieser Raspberry Chipotle Sauce

Original Roasted Raspberry Chipotle Sauce is an award winning condiment. Photo courtesy Fischer & Wieser.   Perhaps we’re in a raspberry state of mind. Yesterday we recommended the delicious jam from Chad’s Raspberry Kitchen. Today it’s the Original Roasted Raspberry Chipotle Sauce from Fischer & Wieser. The motto of the Fischer & Wieser specialty foods…
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TIP: Easy Appetizer Napoleons

Avocado-portabella napoleon with lavash layers. Photo © Delicious Knowledge | California Avocado Commission   When most of us think of napoleons, we think of a mille-feuille (millefoglie in Italian), filled with custard. Mille-feuille means “thousand leaves,” three rectangular sheets of puff pastry spread with Bavarian cream, pastry cream, whipped cream, custard, jam or fruit purée,…
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NEWS: Russian Caviar Is Back

Fine sturgeon caviar: so pricey, yet to those who love it, so wonderful. Photo courtesy Petrossian.   Following a decade long prohibition on importing Russian caviar to the U.S.—due to damming, overfishing and pollution in the Caspian sea—those with the desire and the coin can have it again. A bit of history: CITES, the United…
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