TIP OF THE DAY: Irish Soda Bread, Sweet Or Savory

Irish Soda Bread is irresistible any time. But St. Patrick’s Day provides an extra excuse to bake up a batch and treat family and friends. Soda bread is a chemically-leavened quick bread made with baking soda* (the compound sodium bicarbonate, also called bicarbonate of soda) instead of yeast. Baking soda produces a lighter, airy crumb.…
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FOOD FUN: Fried Chicken Sandwiches & New Combinations

[1] Trending now, is the “gourmet” fried chicken sandwich. This Hot Chick’n is from Shake Shack, a chicken breast dusted with a guajillo and cayenne pepper blend, topped with slaw (photo © Shake Shack). [2] How about a chicken and waffles sandwich? Start with these Chicken & Waffle Sliders (photo © Top Golf | Dallas).…
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RECIPE: Cajun Chicken Salad & Difference Between Cajun & Creole

Top: Cajun Chicken Salad on a Martin’s potato roll. Bottom: Martin prefers a food-processor blended chicken salad, which is so creamy it can be used as a spread. We prefer chunky chicken salad.   Our favorite chicken salad recipe includes sliced grapes and almonds and dried cherries or cranberries in a curry mayonnaise. But we…
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