Category: Great Food

PRODUCT: Callebaut Belgian Chocolate For Baking

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For superior chocolate flavor, try Callebaut. Barry Callebaut, the world’s largest manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products and maker of some of the best Belgian chocolate, has made gourmet chocolate products previously available only to professional pastry chefs and chocolatiers. Now, the company’s renowned milk, dark and marbled chocolate products are available at specialty…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Celebrate Spring With Edible Flowers

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Spring, our favorite season, begins today. We’re celebrating with a floral flourish. Look for edible flowers at stores that carry specialty produce. Not all flowers are edible (or tasty), but there’s quite a variety to choose from. (If you want to use flowers from your own garden, it’s OK as long as they are pesticide-free.)…
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EASTER: Hand-Rolled Marzipan Eggs

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The Easter bunny was hard at work on these marzipan eggs (with help from Martine’s Chocolates). Aren’t these lovely? Hand rolled to create a rainbow of colors, these marzipan eggs from Martine’s Chocolates will delight marzipan lovers. Martine also makes lovely hand-colored solid chocolate eggs with a similar sensibility (the colored design is “inlaid” into…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Roast Those Veggies

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We love roasted vegetables—we could make an entire meal of them. If your family won’t eat their share of boiled or steamed veggies, try roasting them—it’s easy. (Their daily “share,” by the way, is three to five half-cup servings.) Preheat the oven to 400°F. Slice up root vegetables (or seasonal favorites). Beets, bell peppers, carrots,…
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RECIPE: Thin Mint Cookies Recipe

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Bake chocolate-covered mint cookies. Photo courtesy Chocolat Céleste. We’re a week late in celebrating the 98th anniversary of the Girl Scouts, founded March 12, 1912. But there’s no reason to skip the celebration. And there’s no better way to celebrate than with homemade Thin Mint cookies. We love the Girl Scouts—we won the top award…
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