Year: 2016

TIP OF THE DAY: Fall Salad & Fall Cheese Course Recipes

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[1] Make a fall salad with brussels sprouts, squash, and seasonal garnishes (photo © Sweetgreen). [2] Another popular fall combination: endive, pear, and maple-candied walnuts (photo © Barrel and Ashes [permanently closed]).   With each change of season, change your perspective on food. Look for seasonal ingredients in everything from salad ingredients to beer styles.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Savory Cooking With Grapes

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[1] Roast chicken with grapes, recipe below (photos #1 and #3 courtesy Good Eggs). [2] Asian chicken salad with grapes, showing how a pop of color from red or purple grapes would have given the dish more eye appeal (photo courtesy California Table Grape Commission). [3]Use red grapes to add color, green grapes to pop…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Savory Pancakes & Pancake History

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[1] Bacon and corn griddle cakes. Here’s the recipe from Recipe Girl (photo © Recipe Girl). [2] These carrot pancakes, with salted yogurt, are gluten free. Here’s therecipe from Jessica Koslow at Bon Appetit (photo © Bon Appetit | Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriott). [3] You don’t need to use wheat. Check out these flours…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Bake Biscuits On Sunday Mornings

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✔ Smoked salmon with dilled cream cheese: check. ✔ Great brunch food: check. ? Homemade biscuits, warm from the oven: check? With all the good bread options available at retail, including refrigerated rolls biscuits, the art of the homemade-from-scratch biscuit is practiced less and less often. Why not make one Sunday a month Biscuit Sunday,…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Babeth’s Feast Frozen Gourmet Food

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If you can’t cook or want to entertain but can’t be both cook and hostess, you can still serve a feast in your own home—no assistance necessary. As long as you can turn on the oven, you can serve a splendid repast any meal of the day, thanks to Babeth’s Feast gourmet frozen foods. You…
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