Category: Great Food

PRODUCT: Ayala’s Herbal Water Adds Lemon Verbena Geranium

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There’s a new flower in the garden of Ayala’s Herbal Water. Lemon Verbena Germanium smells and tastes just like geraniums accented with lemon verbena (which some will recall as Ellen O’Hara’s—mother of Scarlett—favorite scent). Like the rest of the flavors, it’s refreshing, delightful and wonderfully different. Ayala’s infuses organic garden herbs, blended with spices and…
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RECIPES: Mashed Potato Mummies & More For Halloween

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What’s for dinner? Take your pick, or cook them all: Barbecued Worm Sandwiches Mummified Mashed Potatoes Spooky Shepherd’s Pie Halloween Chocolate Cake These recipes are too cute for words (take a look at the pictures!). Even if you don’t have kids, you may want to whip up a few. You can have your worm sandwiches…
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TIP OF THE DAY: A Toast To Halloween

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The Bloody Eyeball Martini. Photo courtesy of Kris Plazek. While the kids are out trick-or-treating, you deserve a treat, too. Our Halloween cocktails with gin include the Bloody Scream, Ghost, Satan’s Whiskers, Swamp Demon and Witches’ Brew. But they’re only the top of the menu—we’ve got a whole Halloween Lounge going. Check out the Bloody…
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RECIPE: Chocolate-Dipped Shortbread

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Back in the 17th century, sugar was costly and shortbread was considered an expensive luxury, a treat reserved for special celebrations, Christmas and New Year’s celebrations. Imagine how over-the-top-indulgent those party-goers would think us if they had these dipped shortbread fingers! We thank the folks at Walkers Shortbread for this festive yet easy recipe. Serve…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Freeze The Cheese

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A wedge of Parmigiano-Romano and a grater. Photo courtesy of UmamiInfo.com. Buy good Parmesan or other Italian grating cheese from your cheese store, have it grated very finely at the store and keep it in the freezer. It’s instantly usable for pasta, omelets, soups, salads or anything that could use a flavor lift. Don’t buy…
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