Category: International Foods

TIP OF THE DAY: Serve Tortillas With The Salad Course

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Adapt this dinner plate as a first course or snack. Photo courtesy Weldon Owen.   We saw this healthful lunch or dinner plate in the book, Healthy in a Hurry: Simple, Wholesome Recipes for Every Meal of the Day, by Karen Ansel and Charity Ferreira. We repurposed the idea as a snack or first course.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make A Skate Wing Recipe

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We love skate, a group of cartilaginous fishes belonging to the family Rajidae, the rays. The firm white flesh, which comes from the “wings” of the ray, is sweet, succulent and distinctively delicious. We always order skate when we see it on a menu—invariably at a French or seafood restaurant. Often, it is served in…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Michelada For Cinco de Mayo Or Anytime You Want A Beer Cocktail

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[1] A tall, cold michelada is begging for your attention on Cinco de Mayo (photo © Bohemia Beer). [2] A chelada cup (photo © Clamato).   July 12th is National Michelada Day. If you like beer and tabasco, it’s a drink you should try. A michelada (mee-cha-LAH-da) is a traditional Mexican beer cocktail (“cerveza preparada,”…
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