Category: Great Food

TIP OF THE DAY: Try Some Cold Saké Straight Or In A Cocktail

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Saké Cider: a saké cocktail for harvest season. Photo courtesy Haru.   Today is National Saké Day, or “Nihonshu no Hi,” as it’s known in Japan. In Japan, October 1st is the traditional beginning of the new saké season. Brewmasters across the nation begin the process of producing their saké. Today, forget the hot saké…
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Taco Salad Recipe As A First Course Or Side

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[1] First course or side taco salad (photo © Kraft Heinz). [2] No taco bowl? No problem! The original recipe used Fritos, and so can you (photo © Taste of Home).   When we see a taco salad on a menu, we generally order it, and get a huge salad the size of a dinner…
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FOOD FUN: Chocolate Covered Licorice

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Here’s a fun idea we found on the Red Vines Facebook page: red licorice enrobed in white chocolate, drizzled with dark chocolate. You can make them for Halloween. Simply melt white chocolate, dip licorice and dry on wax paper. When white chocolate has dried, drizzle with milk chocolate (use a squeeze bottle). Licorice is a…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Cook Beans

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Beans are delicious, beans are healthful, beans are inexpensive protein, and we should all eat more beans. That’s beans made from scratch, not canned beans, which have a lot of sodium and a mushier texture. (But, let us hastily add: It’s better to eat canned beans than no beans). Beans can be added to green…
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PRODUCT: Oregano Indio From Mexico

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If you’ve traveled to Mexico and enjoyed the cuisine, you can find most of the ingredients you need to recreate the recipes back home. But there’s often a certain something that’s missing. Steve Sando, proprietor of Rancho Gordo specialty foods, believes it’s the different oreganos of Mexico. “Each one seems a little different,” says Steve,…
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