RECIPE: Grilled Salsa Salad

Like salsa? Make a “salsa salad.” Photo courtesy Melissas.com.   Sweet and savory, this delicious salad is perfect for grilling season. It is from Melissa’s wonderful new The Great Pepper Cookbook, The Ultimate Guide To Choosing And Cooking With Peppers. Prep time is 15 minutes, total time 35 minutes. RECIPE: GRILLED SALSA SALAD Ingredients For…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Celebrate Summer With Edible Flowers

For a special touch, garnish yourdishes with edible flowers. Photo by Kelly Cline | IST.   Flowers have been eaten since the earliest times, when anything that could be eaten, was. The first recorded mention of edible flowers dates to 140 B.C.E. In modern times, Asian, East Indian, European and Middle Eastern cuisines remain flower-friendly.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Beer Glasses ~ Stout Glasses

Stout has never tasted better. Photo courtesy Spielgau.   For decades, connoisseurs of fine wines and spirits have been able to enjoy them in glasses engineered by Riedel, to bring out every last nuance of flavor and aroma. If you’ve ever compared drinking a wine from the correct varietal-specific Riedel glass (Bordeaux, Brandy, Chardonnay, Tequila,…
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BOOK: Kitchen Survival Guide For Men

Save the males: Teach them to cook for themselves. Photo courtesy Save The Males Publishing.   Chef Gordon Smith has cooked for royalty, celebrities, executives, and Olympic athletes. Now, in his mission to “save the males,” he tells men what they need to know to survive on their own—by cooking good food at home instead…
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Hummingbird Coffee Cake Recipe & Hummingbird Cake History

The recipe for Hummingbird Cake, a southern tradition like Red Velvet Cake, was first submitted by a reader to Southern Living magazine and published in the February 1978 issue. Here’s that first printed recipe for Hummingbird Cake. There was no explanation of the name (we have it below), but Food Timeline cites a 1985 article…
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