Category: Great Food

TIP OF THE DAY: Special Water For Parties

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Celebrate the holidays with a special sparkling water. Photo courtesy GlobalPackageGallery.com.   Quite a few people choose water as a drink (or as their third drink) at parties and holiday feasts. We try to minimize our carbon footprint, so our daily water is tap water or SodaStream-carbonated water. But on special occasions, we treat guests…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: A Luscious Butter Shortbread Gift

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Who doesn’t like rich butter shortbread? Photo courtesy Biscottea.   Enjoy your tea, coffee, cappuccino or espresso with the perfect shortbread cookie. With free shipping included! The makers of Biscottea and Biscoffee have enhanced a classic Scottish shortbread recipe by adding organic tea or coffee to the fragrant butter cookies. (The coffee beans are also…
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RECIPE: Red Radish Salad For Christmas

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At the Fat Radish restaurant in New York City, you may find radish salad year-round. It’s delicious anytime. During holiday season, radishes and greens deliver Christmas colors: a bright red exterior, crunchy slices and some zippy, peppery heat (the heat dissipates when radishes are cooked). First pick your favorite greens: We like a mix of…
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BOOK REVIEW: The Cuisine Of Escoffier

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When looking for a copy of August Escoffier’s Le Guide Culinaire on Amazon.com, we found an elucidating customer review by Charlene Vickers of Winnepeg, Canada. The great Escoffier (1846-1935) was a was a French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer who updated and codified traditional French cooking techniques. In 1903, he published what instantly became the…
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