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Need a quick dessert, but want a touch of both fancy and homemade? Grab store-bought cupcakes or cake and a bag of baking chips, regular or mini. They’re available in a rainbow of flavors/colors: butterscotch, cappuccino, caramel, cherry, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, mint, peanut butter, peppermint (white chips with bits of candy cane) and vanilla…
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March 2nd is National Banana Creme Pie Day. But is it banana creme or banana cream? Crème, pronounced crehm, is the French word for cream. As recipes evolved in the U.S., the trend was to emulate French spellings to give the recipe a cachet. Doesn’t soupe du jour (typically misspelled as soup du jour) sound…
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March is National Nutrition Month, so we’re opening with a mini-tutorial on carbohydrates. Most people will concur that “carbohydrates are bad for you.” But just as there are good oils and bad oils, there are healthful and bad carbs. COMPLEX CARBS = GOOD CARBS “Good carbs,” more scientifically called complex carbohydrates, are important in your…
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While meat and seafood have been served at the same meal since since the dawn of plenty, and Diamond Jim Brady (1856-1917) consumed platters heaped with steaks and lobsters, the pairing known as surf and turf originated in 1960s America. It became the darling of American steakhouse menus, combining the two most expensive items on…
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[1] Stuffed peppers are a global favorite. Try this recipe stuffed with quinoa (photo © Whole Foods Market). Peppers stuffed with lamb and feta (photo and recipe © McCormick). [3] Red and green bell peppers (photo © Burpee). [4] Sultanas (above) and slivered almonds (below) perk up almost any stuffed pepper recipe (photo © Faire).…
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