TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Chillsner Beer Cooler

Chill that beer in a minute. Photo courtesy Hewy Wine Chillers.   We’re quite enamored of the Corkcicle, a reusable, gel-filled plastic icicle. Kept in the freezer until you need it, it becomes a wine cooler and bottle stopper that chills down a bottle of wine or maintains the temperature of an already chilled bottle.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cook Frozen Steaks

A tip just heard on the Today Show: A Cook’s Illustrated taste test on cooking frozen versus thawed steaks. Conventional wisdom is that frozen meat should be thawed before cooking. But when testing frozen versus thawed strip steaks on the grill, the Cook’s Illustrated test showed that, while they took longer to cook, the frozen…
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RECIPE: Grilled Stuffed Portabella Mushrooms

[1] A grilled portabella entrée, stuffed with bacon, onions, potatoes, cheese and prosciutto. The recipe is below (Abacus Photo). [2] Portabella mushrooms can be four to six inches across (photo © Mushroom Council | Facebook).   For a meaty vegetarian entrée, stuff a grilled portabella mushroom, a large, “meaty” mushroom. The stuffing can be simple,…
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