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Say “I love you” with sweetened mascarpone and raspberry purée. Photo courtesy Peabody Rudd. If you love mascarpone, the extra-rich “Italian cream cheese” that’s the base of tiramisu, then you might want to whip up a Coeur à la Crème for Valentine’s Day. The luscious mascarpone creation can serve as a cheese course prior to…
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You know how to eat it, but do you know how to taste it? Photo courtesy EatWisconsinCheese.com. You love to eat cheese, but have you ever thought of its organoleptic qualities (taste, texture, aroma)? Take another step towards cheese connoisseurship by learning how to taste cheese like the experts. Toward this end we offer: Our…
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It’s the last day of National Egg Month. So: Enjoy an omelet for breakfast or lunch. Or how about Portabella Eggs Benedict: The portabella substitutes for the English muffin. No bread, no carbs. Make the perfect hard-boiled egg. Check out all the different types of eggs in our Egg Glossary. It’s egg-citing! Learn your egg…
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Greek tzatziki, like Indian raita, is a cool and refreshing yogurt-cucumber sauce. In Greece, where it is accented with garlic and dill, it is also served as a meze, or appetizer, and is spread onto pita. The cucumbers can be puréed and strained, or seeded and finely diced; then mixed with yogurt, herbs, and sometimes,…
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Cheese courses have become very popular as the end to a good dinner. But cheese is high-caloric and high-fat: It has more fat than protein (except for reduced fat and fat-free varieties—see the ratios of fat to protein in your favorite cheeses). So, serve a “skinny” cheese course. If you present self-serve selections—large wedges or…
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