TIP OF THE DAY: Be More Devilish With Deviled Eggs

America loves deviled eggs, although we can’t agree on the best recipe. So serve them as a first course in a trio of three different recipes. Here’s a gourmet deviled eggs concept from Root, a farm-to-table restaurant in Bethlehem, New Hampshire. Chef Richard Larcom prepared a delicious appetizer of deviled eggs served three ways, using…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Fancy Butter Ramekins

Our mother, an inspired cook, created a fancy butter presentation for special dinners. To put a stick of butter on the table simply wouldn’t do. Using a set of two grooved wooden “butter paddles”—an item so archaic it isn’t even sold on Amazon.com—she cut chunks of butter from the stick and paddled them into perfectly…
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RECIPE: Praline Bacon With Blue Cheese

A praline bacon appetizer, side or cheese course. Photo courtesy Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board.   Here’s something special to make for a lover of bacon and blue cheese—two popular ingredients found together in a Cobb Salad. The praline-crusted bacon with its peppery kick contrasts with the creamy saltiness of blue cheese. The mouthfeel is unforgettably…
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