TIP OF THE DAY: Make The Best French Fries

[1] If you love to make French fries, you need a fry basket (photo © Calphalon). [2] Season your fries with rosemary, thyme or other favorite herb (photo © Alexia Foods). [3] Sweet potato fries with green goddess dipping sauce (photo © Good Eggs).   July 10th is National French Fry Day, the perfect day…
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RECIPE: Blueberry Sorbet

July is National Ice Cream Month as well as National Blueberry Month. Why not combine both concepts and make blueberry ice cream? Or, lower in calories and lactose free, blueberry sorbet? You don’t need an ice cream maker to prepare this two-ingredient blueberry sorbet; just blueberries and apple juice concentrate. The recipe, from U.S. Highbush…
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Uses For Day-Old Croissants & A Hot Fudge Croissant Sundae

[1] Turn yesterday’s croissants into today’s ice cream sundae. Toast them first. Yummy! (photo © California Cherry Board). [2] Croissants just out of the over (photo © Le Marais Bakery | San Francisco).   We just came back from the bakery with a bag of warm, fragrant croissants for breakfast. We know we’ll have leftovers…
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FOOD FUN: Soda, Sangria Style & The History Of Club Soda & Soda Pop

[1] Club soda with a slice of blood orange (photo © Polar Seltzer). [2] A “sangria soda” of Sprite and peaches (photo courtesy Melissa’s). [3] A Victorian soda siphon, called a seltzogene or gasogene (photo Sobebunny | Wikipedia). [4] Bottlers branded their siphons with their names and graphics. Here are more antique soda siphons (photo…
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Cookie Crumble Sundae & More Ice Cream Sundae Recipes

[1] Celebrate National Ice Cream Month with a cookie crumble sundae (photo ©James Beard Foundation). [2] Praline is just one of the exceptional dessert sauces from Somebody’s Mother’s. [3] Vanilla ice cream, brownie crumbs and Baileys Irish Cream (photo © Baileys | Pinterest).   July is National Ice Cream Month, an enticement to explore new…
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