TIP OF THE DAY: Pairing Ice Cream & Wine, Pairing Sorbet & Wine

We’ve written extensively on pairing wine with desserts, from apple tart and chocolate cake to cheesecake and tiramisu. There’s a brief mention of two sweet wines that go with ice cream: Nigori saké, a sweet, milky style, and Pedro Ximénez* dessert sherry. But the problem with those limited ice cream and wine pairings is that…
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TIP OF THE DAY: “Kaleidoscope” Summer Fruit Salad

Our mom, who could supreme a citrus fruit fast enough to qualify for the Cooking Olympics, made a huge bowl of fresh fruit salad for us to snack on over summer weekends. It was a healthier alternative, but still had eye- and palate appeal for kids. Winter fruit salad colors were a mix of pink…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Uses For Oyster Shells

In this era of recycling consciousness, it’s important to re-use something at least one more time before it ends up in the trash. There are suggestions galore, from re-using plastic dry cleaning bags to wrap clothes for wrinkle-free traveling, to filling empty drink bottles with water for in-home or grab-and-go use. Even if something must…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Ways To Use Fresh Summer Tomatoes

Sometimes, the government bodies that approve food holidays are way out of whack. Fresh Tomato Day is April 6th. National Tomato Day is June 1st. October is National Tomato Month. In California and Florida, the two states that grow the most tomatoes, you can probably get a fresh tomato in April and most certainly in…
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RECIPE: Watermelon Pizza

How about a watermelon pizza for National Watermelon Day, August 3rd? Here are two snack or dessert recipes, and they couldn’t be easier. The first is from the National Watermelon Promotion Board, Watermelon.org. RECIPE: WATERMELON PIZZA Ingredients For 6 Servings 1 watermelon round, from a watermelon 8 to 10 inches in diameter, sliced 1 inch…
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