TIP OF THE DAY: Rainbow Vegetables

Baby carrots move beyond the familiar orange to purple, red and yellow. Photo courtesy Sprinkle Side Up. See her recipe for glazed rainbow carrots.   In picking up supplies for our “diet Oscars menu,” we came across rainbow baby carrots—our first sighting—and rainbow cherry tomatoes, which have been available in our market for a few…
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FOOD FUN: You Can’t Have Your Cake And Eat It, Too

We’d have to eat this devil’s food cake: The temptation is too great! Photo courtesy MackenzieLtd.com.   You can’t have your cake and eat it too, is a popular English proverb. Some of us wonder why it isn’t reversed, to the more logical “You can’t eat your cake and have it too.” The earliest known…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Margarita Day

What’s your idea of the perfect Margarita? In anticipation of National Margarita Day, February 22nd, Milagro Tequila asked 100 Margarita drinkers, 51 men and 49 women, to share their preferences. Ninety-one percent of them prefer Margaritas made with fresh ingredients over those made with a pre-packaged mix. One third of respondents prefer drinking their Margarita…
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What Is Snow Ice & How Does It Differ From Shave Ice

One of our favorite writers, bakers and photographers—that’s all one person, Hannah Kaminsky of Bittersweet Blog—is on sabbatical in Hawaii. The photos she’s been posting are such a treat. One of her favorite discoveries is snow ice. “A distinct and entirely different dessert than shave ice,” she writes, “snow ice is also a sweet frozen…
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Crab Stuffed Flounder Recipe For National Crab Stuffed Flounder Day

Crab-stuffed flounder is actually easy to make. Photo and recipe courtesy Westside Market | New York City.   February 18th is National Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day. The recipe is easy to make, and gives the appearance of a “fancy” preparation. You can stuff any white fish fillet with crab meat. Before buying crab, note that there…
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