TIP OF THE DAY: Use An Avocado As A Bowl

Turn an avocado into a bowl for eggs. Photo courtesy Avocados From Mexico.   We love using avocados as an “edible bowl,” stuffed with salads (bean, chicken, citrus, corn, egg, rice, seafood, tuna), chili, as a shrimp cocktail bowl and as a salsa holder with a side of tortilla chips. But we hadn’t considered eggs…
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VIDEO: Alton Brown’s Secret Ham Crust

  Contemplating how to cook the Easter ham? Consider Alton Brown’s favorite way, with his grandmother’s “secret” ham crust recipe. The secret is now out of the bag: brown sugar, mustard, bourbon and pulverized ginger snap cookies. Brush on a layer of mustard (we prefer deli-style or Dijon) Pat on a layer of brown sugar…
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PASSOVER: Gluten-Free Matzo

Millions of Jews will celebrate a week of Passover beginning Friday, April 6th. The holiday commemorates the biblical story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt, after God inflicted the ten plagues upon the Egyptians. As the story goes, the Jews had to leave Egypt immediately. They gathered…
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