RECIPE: Pasta With Artichoke Hearts & Olives

In this Mediterranean medley, pasta combines with artichoke hearts and olives in a light dressing of extra virgin olive oil and lemon. Or is it an artichoke and olive salad with pasta? Either way, this main dish, which can be served hot or cold, is layered with flavor. You can use leftover, unsauced pasta or…
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Negroni Cocktail Recipe & History To Celebrate Negroni Week

[1] A Negroni, elegantly presented in a stemmed glass at The Heathman Restaurant & Bar in Portland, Oregon. [2] A fun presentation at Irvington in New York City. [3] A Negroni with two of its ingredients: sweet vermouth and Campari (photo © Alessio Zaccaria | Unsplash).   It’s Negroni Week, an opportunity to try a…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Steak With Three Sauces

Our friend Andy welcomes the opportunity to visit Denver, so he can pop in at Vesta Dipping Grill, known for the variety of creative sauces it offers with its entrées (here’s the current menu). For Father’s Day, forget the Worcestershire or A-1 and treat Dad to a choice of three homemade steak sauces. It’s like…
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Make Biscuits & Gravy…Plus Types Of Gravy

If you’re from the South, or have friends and family who hale from there, you know the pleasures of biscuits and gravy, a popular breakfast dish. Soft biscuits are smothered in: Sausage gravy, made from the drippings of cooked pork sausage, white flour, milk, black pepper, and in the best recipes, bits of sausage, bacon,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Homemade Pork Rinds

[1] Don’t these homemade pork rinds look so much better than store-bought (photo and recipe © PaleoLeap.com)? [2] Pork rinds are also a delicious garnish for soups and salads (photo © Culinary Vegetable Institute). [3] Pork cracklings are made from the skin and fat; pork rinds are the skin (rind) only (photo © Padaek.com. Check…
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