The Difference: Frosting, Icing, Glaze

[1] It may look formidable with 5 colored layers and fondant icing, but here’s the recipe if you’re up for the challenge (photos #1 and #3 © Wilton). [2] Making just three layers with stabilized whipped cream frosting is much easier. Here’s the recipe (photo © McCormick) . [3] Easier still: a simple layer cake…
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Ivy’s Reserve Vintage Cheddar From Somerset, England

We first learned about Ivy’s Reserve Vintage Cheddar‡‡‡ when Wyke Farms, the U.K.’s largest independent cheese producer and producer of renewable energy, wrote to tell us that its prize-winning Ivy’s Reserve Vintage Cheddar has been certified as the world’s first carbon-neutral Cheddar. The certification shows consumers that a company has measured and offset its entire…
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Popcorn Breakfast Cereal For National Cereal Day & The History of Cereal

[1] Pop the corn, grab the milk, and enjoy a bowl of cereal. The recipe is below (photo © National Popcorn Board). [2] It’s easy to reach for the sugar bowl, but consider brown sugar, demerara (raw) sugar, or maple syrup as alternatives (photo © Eduardo Casajus Gorostiaga | Unsplash). [3] Fun for brunch: Set…
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Home Dough Frozen Cookie Dough: Great Cookies From Your Freezer

Are there days when you pace around the kitchen, wanting a special treat—maybe a fresh, warm cookie? But you don’t have the will to bake from scratch, so you keep searching. And then you give up and eat some Nestle’s morsels from the bag or some teaspoons of preserves from the jar? Not satisfying, but…
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Dijon Potato Salad Recipe With Bacon, Watercress & Green Beans

[1] Delicious warm potato salad with bacon, watercress, green beans, and a Dijon vinaigrette (photos #1 and #3 © Colavita) . [2] You can find baby, or creamer, potatoes, in three colors: yellow, red and purple (photo © Melissa’s). [3] Roast the bacon until crisp, then dice. Roasting the bacon cuts down on smell and…
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