COOKING VIDEO: Jasmine Tea Shaved Ice

  Who doesn’t want to cool off in the hot weather—with a refreshing cup or bowl of shaved ice? It couldn’t be easier to make this recipe for Jasmine Tea Shaved Ice. For us, the toughest part was moving things around in the freezer to make space for the bowl. Make some tonight with the…
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RECIPE: Fruit Salsa

Peach salsa is one of the best-selling salsa flavors. You can make your own salsa with almost any seasonal fruit, including other stone fruits such as nectarines and plumcots, or your favorite berries. The fruit takes the place of the tomato, although you can also add a tomato in season. Enjoy the result with chips…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Avoid E.Coli In Your Food

In the U.S. in 2006, a fierce strain of E. coli in spinach and lettuce caused some 200 cases of illness and three deaths. Today, the E. coli outbreak in Germany is dominating headlines: thousands of Europeans taken ill, hundreds in intensive care units and worse, 35 dead as of this writing—from eating raw bean…
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RECIPE: Homemade Corn Tortillas

Yellow and blue corn tortillas, handmadefrom hand-ground corn byHotBreadKitchen.org.   We whipped up homemade tortillas yesterday, inspired by this recipe from Hot Bread Kitchen. Tortillas, a flatbread, are a staple in Mexico. As Mexican food continues to increase in popularity, more of us are buying them to make burritos, enchiladas and tacos at home. The…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: German Chocolate Cake

German Chocolate Cake has a coconut-pecanfilling and frosting. Photo © H.D. Connelly |Fotolia.   Today is National German Chocolate Cake Day—a day we don’t mind celebrating in the least. German Chocolate Cake is a chocolate layer cake filled and topped with a coconut pecan frosting. The cake has nothing to do with Germany. It is…
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