Barbecue For Breakfast!

Barbecue for breakfast is trending at restaurants, so why not at your house? Flavor & The Menu, a trendspotting website for chefs, reports: “While barbecue remains a popular choice at lunch and dinner, it is actually the fastest-growing breakfast flavor today” [source]. Dishes spotted on menus: Rise ’N Shine Benny: Buttermilk biscuit, a sunny-side-up egg…
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Grilled Belgian Endive Recipe & The History Of Belgian Endive

You may have grilled romaine, but how about grilled endive? Thanks to modern farming techniques, endive is available year-round. It can be grilled, added to salads, or used as “boats” to hold finger foods at parties—the latter an easy-to-make, no-cooking dish that looks impressive. Appetizers, salads, mains, sides, soups—even for dessert, you can make a…
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Fix & Fogg: More Great Artisan Nut Butters

[1] Everything Butter is a symphony of nutritious nuts and seed (all photos © Fix & Fogg). [2] How to make Everything Butter even better? Add chocolate and chunks of cherries! [3] Oaty Nut Butter has oats plus cashews, peanuts, coconut, sunflower and chia seeds. [3] Who needs maple syrup, when you can add protein…
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Lobster Mac & Cheese Recipe For National Lobster Day

June 15th, National Lobster Day. Decisions, decisions. A lobster roll? Lobster and avocado salad? Broiled lobster tails? Lobster pot pie? We’re going for Lobster Mac & Cheese today. Inspired by this recipe from DeLallo, we made a big batch and paired it with a buttery Chardonnay, 2019 Au Bon Climat Los Alamos Historic Vineyard Chardonnay,…
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A Strawberry Shortcake Stack Cake Recipe & Shortcake History

[1] Strawberry Shortcake, in the stack cake style. The recipe is below (photo © Go Bold With Butter). [2] Strawberry Shortcake made with poundcake. Here’s the recipe (photo © The Baker Chick). [3] Japanese-style Strawberry Shortcakes use a sponge base (photo © Recipe Tin Japan). [4] A classic Strawberry Shortcake on a biscuit (a.k.a. shortcake).…
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