TIP OF THE DAY: Turn Wrap Sandwiches Into A Cone

[1] A BLT wrap (photo © National Pork Board). If you think you can’t make a traditionalwrap sandwich, roll a cone (photo © Tumaro’s Tortillas).   If you buy your lunch, you may buy wrap sandwiches—easy to eat and fun. But do you make them at home? If you’re still wedded to two slices of…
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PRODUCT: Save Bread Calories With Pepperidge Farm Deli Flats

A chicken sandwich on Deli Flats. Photo courtesy Pepperidge Farm. We love bread, and we love companies that figure out how to make it less caloric. Pepperidge Farm is high on our love list, with new 100-calorie Deli Flats. We’re not sure that Deli Flats is the best name, because you can make just about…
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CLASS: Bagel Making & More

Sure you can bake—but can you make bagels? Charge your cooking by taking a class in something different, and impress your friends and family with your homemade bagels (or baklava, croissants, pizza—anything). While it’s not a challenge to buy bagels, baklava etc., imagine the thrill of hot bagels emerging from your own oven. Bagels are…
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY: Irish Soda Bread

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 instead of yeast, which produces a lighter, airy crumb. Irish soda bread dates back to approximately 1840, when bicarbonate…
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