BOOK: Dumplings All Day Wong

A dumpling lover’s treasure. Photo courtesy Page Street Publishing.   We loved chef Lee Anne Wong on the first season of Top Chef. She’s out with her first cookbook, Dumplings All Day Wong, focusing on Asian dumplings. Says Chef Lee Anne: “Biting into a hot, fresh, juicy dumpling can be a transcendent moment, the kind…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Ricotta Salata

Ricotta salata. Photo courtesy iGourmet.com.   Most of us are familiar with ricotta, the fresh cottage cheese-like* Italian favorite used in everything from lasagna to cheesecake to cannoli. But what about ricotta salata, a firm, aged sheep’s milk cheese (some refer it ricotta secca). A Sicilian specialty, it is ricotta that has been pressed, salted…
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PRODUCT: El Jimador Flavored Tequila

Two delicious flavored tequilas. Photo courtesy Brown Forman.   We are fans of flavored spirits, sipping them straight up or on the rocks. We’re happy that the category is growing. The newest samples to land at our desk are flavored tequilas from El Jimador Tequila: Mango Mango and Mexican Lime flavors, the first flavor extensions…
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FOOD FUN: Brownie Sandwiches With Buttercream

Here’s an idea from Earl Of Sandwich: brownie sandwiches, filled with peanut butter buttercream or a frosting of your choice. Just bake your favorite brownies and sandwich two of them with your favorite flavor of buttercream: chocolate, coffee, maple, pistachio, strawberry, vanilla, etc. You can fill the brownie pan with less batter for flatter brownies…
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