Category: Christmas

TIP OF THE DAY: Christmas Hors d’Oeuvres

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We topped a rice cracker with roasted red pepper, a bocconcino (mozzarella ball) and pesto. Photo by Melody Lan THE NIBBLE. Deck the “hors” and be sure to include some red and green hors d’oeuvre* at your holiday party. Some crowd-pleasers are very easy to make. Skewer: Take long toothpicks and make a skewer of…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: Gourmet Chocolate Truffles

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Each bite is a chocolate “experience” (photo courtesy Delysia.com).   Good things come in small packages, especially when the package contains Delysia Chocolates. Nine of Delysia’s beautiful little truffles—square chocolate shells filled with seasonally-flavored ganache and beautifully decorated—are tucked into a four-inch-square scarlet box. The bright red box tied with a white satin ribbon is…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Strawberries For The Holidays

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Holiday season is high-calorie season. But you can help your calorie-stressed guests. In addition to serving crudités as an option to the seductive Brie Torte, provide fresh fruit for guests who are watching calories or carbs, don’t eat refined sugar or are doing their best to avoid plunging into your brownies and butter cookies. Fresh…
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RECIPE: Cherry Martini, a “Healthy” Cherry Cocktail

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There are cocktails that are not good for you—ones that include heavy cream, simple syrup and other syrups, carbonated soft drinks and even butter. Now, we’re promised a good-for-you solution: a cherry cocktail not only packed with antioxidants, but with anti-hangover properties. According to nutritionist Dr. Christine Greene, tart cherry juice “contains a special class…
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