TIP OF THE DAY: Make Really Good Chinese Egg Rolls At Home

[1] Egg rolls with BBQ pork and sweet and hot chili dipping sauce. They’re baked, not fried. (Here’s the recipe (photo © Pork Be Inspired | National Pork Board). [2] Egg rolls served with a mix of rice vinegar and soy sauce (photo Red Stix | NYC [now closed]).   For the Chinese New Year,…
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VALENTINE’S DAY: Chocolate Stout, Sriracha Stout & Moonstruck Beer Chocolates

Special chocolate craft brews for your Valentine. Photo courtesy Rogue Ales.   Here’s what to get a beer-loving Valentine: two stouts created specifically for the occasion and some hot stuff. Rogue Chocolate Stout, with a special Valentine-red label on a 750 ml bottle, is Rogue’s platinum award-winning Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout (one of the highest rated…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Stack Cake Party

Top: Strawberry Jam Stack Cake from Sweet Auburn Desserts, photo by Deborah Whitlaw Llewellyn. Here’s the recipe. Middle photo from TheSimpleElements.com. Here’s the recipe. Bottom photo from Maman Bakery Cafe | NYC.   Do you have plans for Valentine’s Day? If you have nothing going on, why not round up a group of friends and…
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