TIP OF THE DAY: 6 Steps To Brewing Better Coffee

It’s easy to brew better coffee. Photo courtesy Filicori Zecchino.   Do you buy more coffee outside the home because you can’t brew a better cup of coffee? Consider this checklist to improving your home efforts: 1. Start with a clean carafe. Coffee has oil that builds up in the carafe. You can’t see it,…
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Curried Egg Salad Recipe For National Egg Salad Week

[1] Curried egg salad on toast (photo © Louise Mellor | Safe Eggs). [2] Curry power. Here’s a recipe if you want to make it yourself (photo © Savory Spice Shop | Facebook). [3] Curried egg salad on whole wheat (photo © Taste Of Home).   To mark the end of National Egg Salad Week,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: The Ataulfo Mango (Champagne Mango)

The Ataulfo, or Champagne, mango. Photo courtesy ILoveMangoes.com.   When you think of mangoes, you may think of the familiar reddish-green mangos and wonder about the petite golden-yellow ones that some people call baby mangoes. They’re Ataulfo mangos from Mexico, also commonly called Champagne mangoes, and they’re in season now. Mango lovers prefer them to…
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RECIPE: Scripture Cake For Easter

Fun for foodies: Gluttony focuses on the great feasts of history. Photo courtesy Ten Speed Press.   In her new book, GLUTTONY: More IS More” (Red Rock Press), Nan Lyons, known for the wonderful novel and movie, Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe, describes some of the most lavish feasts and singular dishes…
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Our Favorite Licorice Is Australian Liquorice (The UK Spelling)

[1] Flower-like “shooters” and other specialty shapes (photo by Katharine Pollak | © THE NIBBLE).   Today is National Licorice Day. There is much debate in the U.S. over Red Vines versus Twizzlers, but if you haven’t had English or Australian liquorice, as they spell it, you haven’t had great licorice. The natural flavors and…
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