TIP OF THE DAY: Sweet Potato Chips For Sweet Potato Month

February is Sweet Potato Month. Sweet potatoes aren’t just for Thanksgiving—they’re delicious year-round and are more nutritious than white potatoes. For a fun family treat, make sweet potato chips—a delicious snack or side to any meat or vegetarian dinner. Get the recipe for sweet potato chips. Don’t like salt? Make this sweet potato cheesecake and…
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BOOK: For Prospective Culinary Students

This quick read can tell you if you should seriously consider a culinary career. Want a career change? Can’t find a job in the recession? Love to cook? Many people consider careers as a chef de cuisine, pastry chef or caterer. But what’s the reality versus the dream? Some insights come from Dorothy Cann Hamilton,…
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RECIPE: Brandy Alexander

January 31st is National Brandy Alexander Day. We look at it as a transition out of Healthy Food Month at THE NIBBLE and a way to gird ourselves for Valentine’s Day carbs. The creamy cocktail was often served as a nightcap. It’s dangerously good—like a spiked milkshake.   BRANDY ALEXANDER HISTORY According to the Classic…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Low Calorie Party

This barbecue pork loin saves many calories with a sugar-free blackberry sauce. Here’s the recipe. Photo courtesy The J.M. Smucker Company. Want to throw a get-together but fear for your strict diet? Have a pot luck diet lunch or dinner. Everyone brings his or her best low-calorie dish, along with copies of the recipe to…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Egg Month

It’s the last day of National Egg Month. So: Enjoy an omelet for breakfast or lunch. Or how about Portabella Eggs Benedict: The portabella substitutes for the English muffin. No bread, no carbs. Make the perfect hard-boiled egg. Check out all the different types of eggs in our Egg Glossary. It’s egg-citing! Learn your egg…
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