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Part of our job entails keeping on top of culinary innovations around the world, to see might be interesting for the home cook. While a soup-topped salad may not sound like an innovation, we don’t come across it often. Usually it’s in the form of a small vegetable garnish. Today’s tip was inspired by Botanica,…
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May is National Egg Month, a time for some consciousness-raising. We look for Certified Humane eggs and don’t mind paying the premium for them. You’ve no doubt heard the horror stories of mass egg production. We buy from Pete and Gerry’s whenever we can: eggs produced on small family farms with a commitment to the…
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[[1] Shrimp and zucchini flatbread (photo © SeaPak). [2] No matter what type of pizza or flatbread, we toss fresh baby arugula on top when it emerges from the oven (photo © Purple Carrot). Shrimp is America’s favorite in the fish and shellfish category. Of the 15.5 pounds consumed by Americans each year, shrimp…
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May 10th is National Shrimp Day. We could easily be happy with plate of boiled jumbo shrimp, a lemon wedge and a bit of seafood sauce. But this recipe for bacon-wrapped shrimp, sent to us by Zatarain’s, wins the nostalgia vote. It took us back decades to our parent’ cocktail parties, when bacon-wrapped shrimp and…
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[1] The classic: mostarda di cremona. Here’s a recipe to make your own from The Spruce (photo © The Spruce). [2] A cremona close-up (photo © Cucina Corriere. [3] Mostarda vicentina has a jam-like consistency, losing the physical beauty of other mostardas (photo © Buonissimo). [4] Mostarda bolognese has a deep plum color (photo ©…
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