FOOD FUN: A Salad Bowl Of Radicchio Leaves

The Alcove Cafe & Bakery in Los Angeles creates a bowl from radicchio leaves, and fills it with salad. It’s not just pretty: It’s fun food! The Cafe serves it with their ginger shrimp, seared ginger-marinated shrimp with mixed greens, sauteed mushrooms, tomatoes and plum dressing, topped with enoki mushrooms. The dish is called “Ginger…
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RECIPE: Gazpacho Verde

On really hot summer days, we like to cool down with a chilled meal. A bowl of gazpacho and a large salad, accompanied by lots of iced tea, fit the bill. Gazpacho, a low-calorie, high-nutrition dish, is one of those recipes that afford maximum customization: Each cook can do his or her thing, and even…
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Ceviche Recipes For National Ceviche Day

[1] Shrimp ceviche (photo © Yasmine Duchesne | Unsplash). [2] You can serve ceviche in any type of dish, including rocks glasses and wine glasses (photo © Seviche Restaurant | Louisville). [3] Ceviche and tortilla chips are great with a glass of wine or a beer (photo © Chevys Fresh Mex | Flavor & The…
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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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FOOD FUN: Fried Egg Cupcake

Some people love coming across photos of cute babies or puppies. We love cute food. These bacon and “egg” cupcakes with a “pancake” base were created by Apollina of TheYouFinder. We discovered them on Foodiggity. Apollina made a buttermilk cupcake topped with maple frosting and a gummi fried egg. A piece of candied bacon (recipe)…
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