ENTERTAINING: Delectable Crab Cakes & Crab Balls

Crab balls are delicious with beer, wine and sparkling wine. Photo courtesy Jakes Crab Shack.   In 2002, chef Chris Brandl opened a restaurant on the New Jersey shore. The cuisine is fine American fare, including wild boar chops, grilled chicken Caesar salad and his signature crab cakes. The demand for crab cakes resulted in…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make An Easy Taco Recipe With Leftovers

If you only eat tacos at restaurants, you’re missing out on an easy-to-make lunch or dinner item that can expand far past its Mexican roots. Today, anything rolled in a tortilla becomes a taco—from octopus to leftovers of almost any type. Dating back thousands of years, corn tortillas were the bread of Mesoamericans. In addition…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: The Amazing Rice Cube

From hors d’oeuvre to sushi to snacks, Rice Cube turns out dazzling food in minutes.   Faster than most recipes. More powerful than many kitchen utensils. Able to turn out dazzling foods in a single bound. It’s our latest super gadget find, the Rice Cube. This handy gadget will help you turn out impressive foods…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Farmed Vs. Wild Salmon

Like salmon? Millions of Americans are fans of the firm, orange-fleshed fish—so much so that most of the salmon at food stores and restaurants is farmed to meet demand. While fish farming provides a plentiful supply, it comes with issues: toxins in the fish and damage to the environment, among other concerns. Take a look…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Wine With Oysters

A great treat: oysters with a variety of white wines. Photo by Nathan Maxfield | IST.   We love oysters, so we hosted an extensive wine-and-oyster celebration last Friday, National Oyster Day (August 5th). When we began eating oysters (way back in our college years), the de rigeur wine was a crisp Chablis from northern…
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