TIP OF THE DAY: Celebrate National Sandwich Month & National Panini Month

August is National Sandwich Month, time to move beyond your standard choices and try something different. Since August is also National Panini Month, we dragged the panini press out of the closet (no room on the counter!) and invited a group of friends to a “Panini Brunch.” They asked what they could bring, and we…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make A Summer Panzanella (Bread Salad)

Bread salad, like French toast and croutons, is one of those delicious foods invented by necessity: Poor people needed to get another meal from leftover bread that had gone stale. Large croutons are a main ingredient of the salad, rather than the small American-style croutons used as garnish. Panzanella, the Italian word for bread salad,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Light & Luscious Summer Lunch

It’s too darn hot. After a few days of downing pints of ice cream and sorbet, we started working on more nutritious fare. Beyond the green salads and fruit salads, we began playing with summer-specific tartness, the French word for open-face sandwiches. Tartine is the French word for an open-faced sandwich with a rich spread…
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