Category: Great Food

ENTERTAINING: “Fitzoween” Tea Party

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Serve Constant Comment or other spiced tea for Halloween. Photo courtesy SXC. After a busy afternoon of shopping at Bloomingdale’s flagship store in New York City, we sought quiet refuge for afternoon tea at the Fitzpatrick Hotel, a scant two blocks away. The hotel is celebrating “Fitzoween” all month with a Halloween-themed tea: cinnamon spice…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Birthday Cupcakes

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Instead of a birthday cake, consider a platter of cupcakes. Beloved by children and adults alike, they eliminate the need to cut a cake, have built-in portion control and can provide guests with their favorite flavors and special needs (chocolate or vanilla cake, different icings, some Splenda-based cupcakes for those who can’t have sugar, gluten-free…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: It’s National Pretzel Month

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It’s National Pretzel Month. What can you do to celebrate? Take our Pretzel Trivia Quiz. Bake this soft pretzel recipe. A soft pretzel is actually a yeast bread, rolled into a long rope and knotted. Make a super-special “monster” peanut butter sandwich on your fresh-baked pretzel. Take a tour of a Pennsylvania pretzel factory. Treat…
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TIP OF THE DAY: “Exotic” Meat

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Treat your favorite meat lover (yourself?) to a gift of something meaty, new and interesting. Boar, bison, elk, emu and ostrich are readily available. Farmed, usually raised naturally and low in fat, what may sound exotic is actually sweet, tender and not in the least gamy. Cooking an unusual cut is a good reason to…
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