TIP OF THE DAY: A Glamorous Beverage Dispenser Jar

The easy and impressive way to serve party beverages. Photo courtesy Sur La Table.   If you entertain regularly, consider treating yourself to one or more beverage dispensing jars. They’re perfect for dispensing cocktails, iced tea and coffee, juice, lemonade, punch, sangria, even water. Holds more. Not only do they look great on the table;…
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Refreshing Mint Lemonade Or Limeade Recipe

Refreshing mint lemonade. Photo byPetrelos | IST.   For years, we’ve had an appliance that we call an electric juicer or reamer. But times have changed. With the introduction of large juice extractors to the consumer market—in which any fruit or vegetable can be converted to juice—our old juicer is now called a “citrus press.”…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Kitchen Shears

Watching a professional chef wield a knife is impressive: in a whoosh, everything is chopped, neatly and evenly. Whole chickens are cut apart effortlessly and chives are cut into impossibly small pieces. If you’re not a knife wizard, consider a pair of kitchen shears. They make our tasks go quickly and don’t remind us that…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Baking With Parchment Paper

If you have trouble removing cakes from pans, no matter how much butter and flour you use to grease them, try the parchment paper technique. Parchment paper, also called baking parchment or baking paper, is a grease-resistant, moisture-resistant, heavy duty kitchen paper. It is available in rolls, rounds and sheets. You can find parchment paper…
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