Category: Great Food

TIP: Apple Pie With Salted Caramel Ice Cream

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Apple crisp with Salted Caramel Gelato. Photo courtesy Talenti Gelato & Sorbetto.   Most people serve their apple pie or pecan pie à la mode with vanilla ice cream. That’s the classic, but we’ve always preferred Rum Raisin, a festive holiday flavor. Yet some people like neither rum nor raisins. The emergence of Salt Caramel…
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PRODUCT: Jolie’s Kronies, Cousin Of The Cronut

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If you’ve been hankering for one of Dominique Ansel’s famous Cronuts but are neither willing nor able to wait in line at 5 a.m., we can recommend an excellent subsitute: Jolie’s Kronies, made by a Bronx baker. You don’t have to wait for them. You can order them by phone and send a messenger. The…
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FOOD FUN: Lemon Reindeer

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Christmas craft reindeer. Photo courtesy Happy Girl Kitchen.   Happy Girl Kitchen is an artisan food producer in the San Francisco Bay area, making preserves and other condiments with organic farm fresh produce. The chutneys, jams, honeys, pickles and preserved tomatoes make delicious holliday gifts. Next to their Mandarin Lemon Marmalade in the photo is…
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GIFT: Daelia’s Honey Nougat (Italian Torrone)

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Good nougat is hard to find. It can be a jawbreaker or cloyingly sweet. But is a Christmas tradition in numerous countries, and good nougat is worth hunting down. For at least six generations, Maria Walley’s family has made torrone for Christmas and Easter (torrone, pronounced toe-ROE-nay, is Italian for nougat). Her ancestors brought the…
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TIP OF THE DAY: “Fruitcake” Ice Cream For Christmas

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It’s easy to make “fruitcake ice cream” Photo courtesy Vivolo.it.   This photo from Italian gelato maker Vivolo inspired a recipe idea: Serve “fruitcake” ice cream/gelato for Christmas. Start with vanilla ice cream. You can soften it and mix in the ingredients (and return to the freezer to harden), or simply top the ice cream,…
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