TIP OF THE DAY: Holiday Dessert Bar

After a big holiday feast, instead of serving dessert at the table, consider setting up a dessert bar. Guests can digest the main meal a bit, and then help themselves at their own pace. They can also cut slivers of more than one dessert. In addition to pies, cake, cobbler, cookies, fruit and other bounty,…
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RECIPE: Pear Crème Fraîche Ice Cream

Pear is a popular fall flavor. Pear sorbet is one of our favorite seasonal treats. But you can also churn pears into ice cream, as we discovered in this recipe by Samantha Seeley, who blogs on food from her home in that great food mecca, Hudson Valley, New York. She contributed the recipe to the…
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FOOD FUN: Camouflage Ice Cream

Left, First Class Camouflage sundae. Right, First Class Camouflage ice cream in a special First Class Camouflage cone. Photo courtesy Baskin-Robbins.   Baskin-Robbins is celebrating Veterans Day all month long, honoring military veterans new November Flavor of the Month, called First Class Camouflage. First Class Camouflage, emulating camouflage in its colors and design, is a…
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