BAKERY CAFE: Pomme Palais At The Palace Hotel

This meringue snowman is hollow: Fill it with ice cream, sorbet or mousse. Photo courtesy Pomme Palais.   For New Yorkers and visitors to town, there’s a new attraction a block and a half from Rockefeller Center: Pomme Palais, Michel Richard’s bakery cafe in the Palace Hotel. It’s at 30 East 51st Street between Madison…
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RECIPE: Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate

Salted caramel hot chocolate. Photo courtesy Starbucks.   What’s trending in hot chocolate? Salted chocolate caramel hot chocolate or cocoa (here’s the difference between hot chocolate and cocoa). We’ve seen prepared drinks and/or mixes from Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks and Williams-Sonoma. But you can try your hand making it from scratch at home: RECIPE: SALTED CARAMEL…
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FOOD FUN: Lemon Reindeer

Christmas craft reindeer. Photo courtesy Happy Girl Kitchen.   Happy Girl Kitchen is an artisan food producer in the San Francisco Bay area, making preserves and other condiments with organic farm fresh produce. The chutneys, jams, honeys, pickles and preserved tomatoes make delicious holliday gifts. Next to their Mandarin Lemon Marmalade in the photo is…
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Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire (How To Roast Chestnuts)

  [1] Chestnuts drop from the trees in the fall. See photo #4 (photo © Tijana Drndarrski | Unsplash). [2] Before roasting, make a cut in the shell so the steam can escape (photo © Chef Eddy). [3] You can roast the chestnuts in the oven, on the stovetop, or on a grill (photo ©…
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