TIP OF THE DAY: Cheese Spreads, Cheese Condiments

Top: Crostini with Brie, Serrano ham and Fig Spread (photo courtesy Favor The Moments). Bottom: Enjoy trying the different spreads with different cheeses (photo courtesy Bonne Maman).   What’s a cheese condiment? What’s a cheese spread? you may ask. Here’s the food nerd explanation: Cheese spread is one of the sweet cheese condiments. A condiment…
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RECIPE: Guinness BBQ Sauce

Add Guinness stout to your BBQ sauce. Photos and recipe courtesy Tony Roma’s.   Tony Roma’s is giving a St. Patrick’s Day twist to ribs and burgers, with Guinness BBQ Sauce. You don’t need the luck of the Irish to get some: Here’s the recipe, which combines the dark, malty flavors of Ireland’s favorite beer,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Gochujang Sauce, The Next Sriracha

Over the past five years, sriracha, a Thai hot sauce that most of us had never heard of previously, has emerged as the hot sauce of choice. It’s more flavorful than many of the big-brand American hot pepper sauces that had long been the norm. But climbing up the ladder is a new (to most…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Shpickles Pickled Vegetables, Shmolives Pickled Olives

Last summer, when scouting a Brooklyn food festival, we came across Shpickles, Shmolives and Shnuts. They’re made by hand by a mom-and-son company called Brooklyn Whatever. Mom, a social worker and son, a chef, started a family business to add more flavor to pickles, olives and nuts. The result: unique, assertively spiced, better-for-you snacks, garnishes,…
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