FOOD HOLIDAY: National Chocolate Pudding Day & Best Chocolate Pudding Recipe

From-scratch chocolate pudding. Photo by Bonchan | IST.   June 26th is National Chocolate Pudding Day. If you don’t already make chocolate pudding from scratch, it’s the day to discover this intense, creamy chocolate delight. Sure, instant pudding is tasty. But imagine how much better it is made from scratch, with quality chocolate. Here‘s the…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Things To Do With Overripe Bananas

Dolce de bananas becomes a banana toffee pie. Here’s the recipe. Photo courtesy OurBestBites.com.   We went overboard at Trader Joe’s, buying too many bananas with the thought that we’d eat one or two each day. You can guess the outcome: a lot of overripe bananas. So we headed to our mental archive of delicious…
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RECIPE: Crème Pâtissière, Pastry Cream

A cream puff stuffed with crème pâtissière, pastry cream. Photo by Stu Spivak | Wikimedia.   When we published an earlier tip for a brambleberry tart, we went to link to a recipe for crème pâtissière—pastry cream—and discovered we hadn’t published one. Zut alors! So here we remedy the situation, and also explain some of…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Homemade Banana Pudding For Father’s Day

From-scratch banana pudding is so superior to the quick-recipe variations. Photo by M. Sheldrake | IST. Here’s the recipe.   Two years ago we published a recipe for a truly delicious banana pudding that we had at Virgil’s Real Barbecue in New york City (there’s an outpost in Atlantic City). It’s a complex recipe, layering…
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A Sweet & Savory Waffle Bar For Brunch, Parties & More

Hold the maple syrup: This Mexican Sunrise Waffle is topped with a fried egg and salsa. Photo courtesy Peach Valley Cafe.   Father’s Day excitement: Turn brunch into a design-your-own waffle bar. We adapted this idea from Peach Valley Cafe, which has a variety of tasty waffles on the menu. Prepare a waffles bar for…
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