VALENTINE’S DAY: Make Chocolate Bark

As you’ve been eyeing the Valentine candy, have you thought of making your own? Making chocolate bark is relatively easy; and nothing shows how much you care more than something you’ve personally made. While some people melt down chocolate morsels, your bark will be far better served by purchasing top-quality chocolate discs/wafers at a specialty…
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SUPER BOWL: Curried Chicken Salad & Cocoa-Glazed Bacon Wraps

Fun finger food. Photo courtesy Woodhouse Chocolate. What’s better than a chicken wrap? How about a curried chicken salad wrap with bacon and chocolate (well, not exactly chocolate but cocoa-glazed bacon). If you still haven’t figured out that fun food item for your Super Bowl party, we propose these mini lettuce wraps. The finger-food-size appetizers…
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RECIPE: Hummus With Meyer Lemons

Over the last 30 years, the Meyer lemon has evolved from an ornamental garden lemon found in California farmers’ markets to a popular commercial lemon. The two major lemons in America, Eureka, and Lisbon, have a bracing tartness. The Meyer Lemon, which is a hybrid between a lemon and a mandarin or possibly another sweet…
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SUPER BOWL 2011: Team Drink Recipes

[1] The lime liqueur used in recipe #1 is also a delicious for sipping straight (photo © Patron). [2] The pineapple juice in recipe #2 is also delicious on the rocks (photo © Denys Gromov | Pexels).   As you watch the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers go head-to-head on Sunday, what will…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Beurre Manié & Roux

Beurre manié (pronounced burr monn-YAY) is French for “kneaded butter.” It’s a paste made of softened butter and flour that is used to thicken sauces, soups, stews and ragouts. Next time you have to thicken a sauce, use beurre manié instead of cornstarch or arrowroot. It adds delicious butter flavor without the “gloppiness” you can…
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