TIP OF THE DAY: 12+ Uses For Flat Beer

When leftover beer goes flat, there’s no need to toss it. With respect to all of the household and personal care uses, we prefer to consume it. When you add it to recipes, the flatness doesn’t matter at all; it becomes analogous to adding still wine. The beer is substituted for all or some of…
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RECIPE: Blueberry Sorbet

July is National Ice Cream Month as well as National Blueberry Month. Why not combine both concepts and make blueberry ice cream? Or, lower in calories and lactose free, blueberry sorbet? You don’t need an ice cream maker to prepare this two-ingredient blueberry sorbet; just blueberries and apple juice concentrate. The recipe, from U.S. Highbush…
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Uses For Day-Old Croissants & A Hot Fudge Croissant Sundae

[1] Turn yesterday’s croissants into today’s ice cream sundae. Toast them first. Yummy! (photo © California Cherry Board). [2] Croissants just out of the over (photo © Le Marais Bakery | San Francisco).   We just came back from the bakery with a bag of warm, fragrant croissants for breakfast. We know we’ll have leftovers…
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FOOD FUN: Soda, Sangria Style & The History Of Club Soda & Soda Pop

[1] Club soda with a slice of blood orange (photo © Polar Seltzer). [2] A “sangria soda” of Sprite and peaches (photo courtesy Melissa’s). [3] A Victorian soda siphon, called a seltzogene or gasogene (photo Sobebunny | Wikipedia). [4] Bottlers branded their siphons with their names and graphics. Here are more antique soda siphons (photo…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Polka Dot Pie & The Pie-Tart Difference

A few days ago we featured the lattice pie crust, a beautiful top crust for fruit pies (and optionally, to decorate tarts, which typically don’t have top crusts). Some home bakers may be wary, not knowing if they have the patience to evenly cut and weave the strips of dough (fear not—it’s really easy). But…
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