Year: 2015

HOLIDAY GIFTS: Gourmet Chocolate

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TOP PHOTO: Edible chocolate box with bonbons from Charles Chocolates. SECOND PHOTO: Coco Puro’s chocolate-coated cacao beans. THIRD PHOTO: Ganache-filled bonbons from John & Kira’s. BOTTOM PHOTO: Calabacita figs filled with chocolate whiskey ganache from John & Kira’s.   We love putting together holiday gift lists, sharing our must-have favorites. The chocolate items here begin…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Chicken Or Turkey Stock

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Enjoy your feast, but don’t toss the carcass. Use it to make stock! Photo courtesy Sur La Table.   Plan ahead: Don’t throw away that turkey carcass. Or the roast chicken* carcass. Or those tops, root ends and stems from trimming vegetables. Save the vegetable trimmings from the week’s meals: carrot tops, celery ends, fennel…
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RECIPE: Make & Bring Sweet & Savory Nut Clusters

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Sweet and savory nut clusters, with pumpkin seeds added for the holidays. Photo courtesy QVC.   If you’ve been invited to Thanksgiving but not asked to contribute, you may still want to bring a gift that isn’t a bottle of wine. Something like these Sweet & Savory Nut Clusters from QVC’s chef David Venable can…
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