FATHER’S DAY RECIPE: Potato Chip & Beer Pancakes

“Mancakes” are made with beer and potato chips. Photo courtesy SurLaTable.com.   This Father’s Day, treat Dad to a breakfast featuring some not-so-traditional pancakes, made with BBQ potato chips and beer. Created by Chef David Burke (one of our favorite creative culinary artists) for Samuel Adams Boston Lager, these easy-to-make “mancakes” may become an annual…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Reinvent Eggs Benedict With These Variations

Since it was invented in the 1860s, Eggs Benedict has been a posh addition to the breakfast-lunch-brunch menu. It was created by the chef at a tony New York restaurant, Delmonico’s, for a wealthy customer, Mrs. LeGrand Benedict (here’s the history of Eggs Benedict). The original recipe topped two toasted English muffin halves with round-cut…
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TIP OF THE DAY & BOOK: The Art Of Beef Cutting

If you love beef, you can save money (and perhaps discover a new hobby) by butchering primal cuts. Photo courtesy Wiley.   Our tip of the day is to beef lovers: savor the rib-eye cap (more about that below). You’ll learn about it in this new book on butchering beef at home. Of all members…
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FATHER’S DAY GIFT: Custom-Engraved Johnnie Walker Scotch

Engrave your Father’s Day message on a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Label. Photo courtesy Johnnie Walker.   If the dads on your Father’s Day gift list drink Scotch, they’d be very happy to receive a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Label. There are nine expressions of Johnnie Walker, including the more prevalent (and more…
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