Sifted Flour Tip For World Flour Day

Baking up a storm? Pay close attention to the flour specifications. Here’s a sifted flour tip: It’s important to note that in a recipe, “sifted flour” is not the same as “flour, sifted.” In the first instance, you sift the flour, then measure out what you need. In the second, you measure out what you…
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RECIPE: Tequila Christmas Cocktail

Party drink or a “homemade gift” for a lucky someone. Photo courtesy Corzo Tequila. Another cocktail recipe? Well, it is the season to be jolly. Here’s something fancy that you can make and bring to a party. And you’ve still got time to make it! First, you infuse a bottle of silver tequila. (Corzo Tequila,…
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COCKTAIL RECIPE: True Grit & Bourbon

While Rooster Cogburn never missed a drink, we’re not certain that he’d cotton to mixing his whiskey with cinnamon schnapps and gold flakes. That’s more than a bit too fancy for the whiskey available in either rural Arkansas or the Indian territory that became Oklahoma. And nobody in Charles Portis’ novel, True Grit—or any of…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Homemade Flavored Water

While anise water won’t overtake mint water, it’s one of our favorites. Photo courtesy McCormick. We’ve written before about adding berries, citrus slices, cucumber slices, mint and other herbs to create a pitcher of infused water. It adds considerable flavor with negligent calories. You can also make flavored water with extracts. McCormick’s, available at most…
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Cooking Video: Low Calorie Cocktails

  You can still enjoy a few drinks on Christmas and New Year’s Eve, without breaking the calorie bank. Registered Dietician Elizabeth Somer provides tips that help you to “drink this, not that,” to borrow a phrase from the popular book by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding. In fact, the book series that includes Drink…
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