Category: Great Food

TRENDS: Chefs Predict 2011 Restaurant Trends

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The National Restaurant Association surveyed more than 1,500 chef members of the American Culinary Federation for the bead on what we can expect at restaurants in 2011. Things haven’t changed much since last year. Locally sourced ingredients and sustainability top the restaurant trends projections for 2011, and the rest of the Top 20 trends have…
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RECIPE: Cherry Martini, a “Healthy” Cherry Cocktail

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There are cocktails that are not good for you—ones that include heavy cream, simple syrup and other syrups, carbonated soft drinks and even butter. Now, we’re promised a good-for-you solution: a cherry cocktail not only packed with antioxidants, but with anti-hangover properties. According to nutritionist Dr. Christine Greene, tart cherry juice “contains a special class…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: Chocolate Snowmen

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White chocolate snowmen filled with dark chocolate ganache. Photo courtesy L.A. Burdick. There is simply no better combination of adorable and delicious this Christmas, than this nonet (that’s a group of nine) of chocolate snowmen from L.A. Burdick. We’ve been in love with Larry Burdick’s handmade chocolate mice and penguins for years. With centers of…
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RECIPE: Celebrate Hanukkah With Latkes

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Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival Of Lights, begins at sundown today. In addition to lighting the ceremonial candelabra, the menorah, there are favorite holiday foods. Our personal favorite is the potato latke, or pancake, made from grated potatoes and onion, bound with eggs and fried. You don’t have to be Jewish to love a latke (pronounced…
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