No Bake Blueberry Cheesecake Recipe

[1] Way cool: a no-bake blueberry cheesecake (photo © Bake Or Break | Colorful Harvest). [2] When you see blueberries on sale, grab them and make this recipe (photo © Balducci’s). [3] The crust is made from vanilla wafers (photo © Nabisco). [4] An entire summer’s worth of desserts. Check out the book (photo ©…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Radish & Stone Fruit Salad With Feta

A salad can be much more than dressed leafy greens. Photo courtesy Gentyl & Hyers | Chefs Collaborative.   Chef’s Collaborative is a nonprofit, national network of member chefs who work to promote clean, sustainable food. They’ve created a cookbook of recipes that are imaginative and refreshing, yet can be enjoyed every day. Sign up…
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RECIPE: Apricot Cilantro Salsa

Seasonal apricot salsa brightens grilled chicken or fish. Photo courtesy Landana Cheese.   Salsa is simply the generic word for “sauce.” Many centuries before tortilla chips were invented, Aztecs and other Mesoamericans ground ingredients into sauces for meat and fish. This salsa recipe was developed as a sauce for chicken or fish, as opposed to…
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FOOD FUN: Donut Cake

It’s the perfect celebration cake for a donut lover: a donut topped layer cake! This fun food was made at Duff’s Cakemix, a bakery café and do-it-yourself cake decorating studio in Los Angeles. The business is helmed by chef/co-owner Duff Goldman, TV’s Ace of Cakes. You can let your Inner Duff come out even if…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Honey & Food Pairings

Based on the plant from which the pollen is harvested, each varietal honey has a distinctive flavor and color. Photo courtesy National Honey Board.   Mass produced “supermarket honey” is blended specifically to have a generic flavor. As with table sugar, it delivers a uniform, sweet, simple taste to consumers time after time. But raw…
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