RECIPE: Asparagus Salad With Ricotta Salata & Roast Chicken

For dinner yesterday, we made this salad from Discover California Wines, the consumer website of the Wine Institute. Its focus is recipes with wine pairings. This asparagus salad recipe (photo #1) reminded us to have as much asparagus as we can while it’s in season. In some parts of the country asparagus is in the…
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Pizza Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipe For National Grilled Cheese Day

[1] A pizza grilled cheese sandwich with pepperoni (photo © Emily Ellyn). [2] Sliced mozzarella cheese (photos #2 and #3 © Frigo Cheese). [3] Ricotta cheese is blended with a marinara sauce for the sandwich and for dipping. [4] A Caprese Grilled Cheese Sandwich—the grilled cheese version of the Caprese Salad. Here’s the recipe (photo…
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Fondue Vs. Fonduta: What Is The Difference?

April 11th is National Cheese Fondue Day. Fondue, a melted cheese dish (photo #1), originated in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. (Don’t confuse Neuchâtel with Neufchâtel, a soft cheese made in Neufchâtel-en-Bray, a commune* in the French region of Normandy.) Fondue, which derives from the French verb “fondre”, meaning to melt, is an 18th-century dish…
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Baileys Colada, Like A Piña Colada But With Baileys Irish Cream

[1] A frozen Baileys Colada. The recipe is below (photos #1 and #2 © Baileys | Diageo). [2] You can have a dessert of Baileys Colada on the rocks. [33] For a grander dessert, top vanilla ice cream with Baileys Colada (photo © Carmela Ice Cream).   For Piña Colada lovers and Irish Cream Liqueur…
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RECIPE: Thanksgiving Sausage Stuffing Is Turned Into Waffles

Our favorite holiday is Thanksgiving; not just to remember to give thanks for all that we have, but for the foods we don’t make at any other time of year. Why ask why, but as much as we love stuffing and cranberry sauce, we only make them in late November. Perhaps we should mark the…
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