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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PRODUCT: Betty Crocker Suddenly Grain Salad

One of the three varieties of Suddenly Grain Salad. Photo courtesy Betty Crocker.   If America isn’t eating enough whole grains, can Betty Crocker help? Hopefully, the company’s new and not-yet-mainstream boxed grain salads will do the trick. Following the trend of restaurants to whole grain salads—on the advice of healthcare professionals and the government…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Non-Cocktail Ways To Use Tequila

We found ourselves with a wealth of tequila on hand—lots of opened bottles that we tasted for one review or another, but never got back to. So we decided to use the tequila in cooking. Here’s what else to do with tequila. Cake: Replace up to 1/4 cup liquid in a cake recipe with tequila,…
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RECIPE: Cauliflower Salad & Romesco Sauce

Victoria Amory is a cook and food writer born and raised in Spain. She now lives in the U.S., and has her own line of specialty sauces. One of the signature sauces from the Catalonia region of Spain is romesco. Learn more about it below. Victoria’s sells an Almond & Garlic Romesco Sauce, but you…
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