TIP OF THE DAY: July 4th Menu Ideas

There’s plenty of time to create a star-spangled menu for July 4th. Here are recipes for foods and drinks: BREAKFAST Yogurt Parfait: Start the day with plain or vanilla yogurt, or cottage cheese, topped with raspberries and blueberries.   LUNCH & DINNER Patriotic Cheeseburger: Cut cheese slices into star shapes and tint the pickles blue.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make A July 4th Cocktail

A star-spangled cocktail (photo © Congress Hall).   We serve Bloody Marys, Margaritas and Martinis year-round. But we love occasions that merit special cocktails. So we were more than pleased when this red, white and blue “Star Spangled Banner” cocktail recipe arrived from Congress Hall, a 200-year-old classic American resort on the ocean in Cape…
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JULY 4th: Bipartisan Truffle Party Favors

Party line party favors for July 4th. Photo courtesy Choclatique.   If your crowd spends a preponderance of time discussing politics, serve some of these clever chocolates for July 4th. Made by the creative L.A. chocolatier Choclatique, white chocolate shells are filled with chocolate ganache and topped with colored white chocolate donkey and elephant medallions…
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PROUCT: Sweetly Demented Chocolate

Does chocolate have a sinister side? For sure! At Sweetly Demented Chocolate, it’s creepy and it’s kooky, mysterious and spooky. There are white chocolate skulls filled with chocolate ganache, with brains that are filled with raspberry ganache. There are standalone brains, red-colored white chocolate filled with chocolate ganache. Sink your teeth into some eerie Bye…
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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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