TIP OF THE DAY: 7 Tips For Slicing Onions

For starters, slice onions vertically. Photo courtesy Care2.com.   An onion is a thing of beauty—until you slice into it and the fumes assault your eyes. But that doesn’t need to be. Here are some tips to minimize the impact of the acrid gas that’s released when you slice into an onion. Go vertical. Slice…
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FOOD FUN: Turkey Ice Cream Cake

Order a turkey ice cream cake with your favorite B-R flavor. At rear, the turtle pie. Photo courtesy Baskin-Robbins.   If you loved the idea of yesterday’s turkey cake but find the idea of actually baking one to be daunting—we’re with you! Instead, you and your guests can gobble up this ready-made ice cream turkey…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Pumpkin Cake (Actually A Roulade)

We come from a family of bakers and cooks. Our earliest memories are of pie crusts crimped, brownie batter mixed, cheesecakes released from their spring forms. At age 10, we saw our first roulade, as Aunt Leonore was rolling up a whipped cream-filled walnut roll for Thanksgiving. (Traditionalists, don’t worry: It was one of a…
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