Category: Food Fun

TIP OF THE DAY: Brighten Up Plates With These 20 Colorful Garnishes

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Brighten up winter meals with splashes of color. You can do that with sides like beets, red cabbage slaw and winter squash. But you can also employ colorful garnishes and condiments. Green garnishes like parsley and mint have been used for…centuries? millennia? Here are brighter recommendations in orange, red and yellow: Bell pepper (orange, red,…
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NATIONAL PIZZA WEEK, DAY & MONTH: 50+ Ways To Eat Your Slice

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[1] Carbonara pizza uses two ingredient of Spaghetti Carbonara: bacon and eggs. Have it as a breakfast pizza! Here’s the recipe from Today.com. [2] Pissaladière, a specialty of Nice, France, made with niçoise olives, anchovies, onions and Provençal herbs. According to a former mayor of Nice, the layer of onions on a pissaladière should be…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Crosnes, An Arty Rhizome

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[1] Crones, small rhizomes (photo courtesy Sid Wainer). [2] Crosnes serve as the roots of this flowering plant (photo Wikipedia). [3] Close-up (photo courtesy Cuisinons Les Legumes. [4] Crosnes with grilled swordfish at Il Goto | Paris). [5] Crosnes and peas. Here’s the recipe from Honest-Food.net, photo Holly A. Heyser).   Do you know about…
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FOOD FUN: Make A Snowman Latte Or Cappuccino

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In a cup of hot coffee, he’s not so frosty (photo courtesy Illy).   There may not be enough snow on the ground to build a snowman, but you can build one atop a cappuccino or latte, with this recipe from Illy. This easy-to-make snowman is fun for adults, and can be adapted to hot…
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RECIPE: Bacon Cheeseburger Baked Potato For Game Day Cuisine

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There’s so much attention given to what to serve during football games that we now have what we are designating a new category of food: Game Day Cuisine. We identified some 25 different game day favorites, and Artichoke-spinach dip Buffalo drumsticks or wings, hot wings Chicken fingers Crab dip Deviled eggs Drummettes Enchilada casserole French…
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