Category: Great Food

PRODUCT: Lipton Natural Energy Tea

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We come from a tea-drinking family, and the tea of choice in the olden days of our childhood was Lipton. There was no “gourmet tea” back then, unless you went to the one place in town, in Greenwich Village, where they sold loose tea (and most people considered it an oddity). As we grew into…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Spicy Peanut Sauce Marinade & Sauce

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If you like sesame noodles or satay with peanut sauce, here’s another delicious use for it: in a marinade. Marinating beef, chicken, lamb, pork or tofu in a peanut sauce-based marinade adds dimensions of flavor. Just create a marinade from chicken or other stock, peanut butter, soy sauce, oil, ginger, chili flakes and garlic (see…
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RECIPE: Hot Chocolate Peppermint Bark Ice Cream Float

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Before those limited edition candy cane and peppermint ice creams disappear, have your last hurrah Pastry chef Christina Tosi of Momofuku Milk Bar in New York City created this treat with Häagen-Dazs Peppermint Bark Ice Cream Float “I do not mess around with my hot chocolate,” says Chef Tosi. “As a pastry chef, it’s practically…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Storing Cheese

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Some types of cheese in full, uncut wheels—Gouda and Parmigiano-Reggiano, for example—can age for several years. Their flavor, aroma and texture grow more complex over time. But for most cheeses, once the wheel is cut and the rind is broken, the cheese begins to deteriorate. Small pieces of cheese have an even shorter lifespan than…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Uses For Orange Peel

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As a follow up to yesterday’s tip on uses for food scraps, here are some tips to use orange peel after you’ve juiced or eaten the flesh. They are adapted from an original article by Katie Waldeck on Care2.com. CLEANING 1. Remove Water Stains. The oils in orange peels naturally remove stains on metal fixtures.…
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