Category: Great Food

FOOD FUN: A Beautiful Bagel

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Few people would call a bagel beautiful, but Baldor Specialty Foods has overturned that notion. On top of an everything bagel with cream cheese, they have arranged: Capers Edible flowers Chives Mini cucumbers Pickled red onions Salmon Caviar Smoked Salmon   You can substitute goat cheese for the cream cheese. If your Mother’s Day breakfast…
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FOOD 101: Empanadas, History & National Empanada Day

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[1] Latin American empanadas are made in half-moon shapes (photo © Fairway | NYC). [2] Breakfast empanadas. Here’s the recipe (photo © Good Eggs). [3] Dessert empanadas have become popular. Here’s the recipe for these pumpkin cheesecake empanadas. [4] Go fusion with Buffalo chicken empanadas. Here’s the recipe.   April 8th is National Empanada Day.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Brie For Dessert

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Here’s an idea for Mother’s Day for moms who don’t want cake or other sugary dessert: Brie. Brie and its cheese brothers are known as bloomy-rind, soft-ripened or surface-ripened (i.e., ripened from the outside) cheeses. These terms refer to their their downy, edible white rind. The cheesemaker creates the rind by adding a powdered form…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Try A Feijoa

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Feijoa, a native of South America now grown in other subtropical climates (photo courtesy Baldor Specialty Foods).   The feijoa (FEE-joe-ah)is an egg-shaped fruit with a thin, lime-green skin. The fruit originated in the highlands of southern Brazil, parts of Colombia, Uruguay, Paraguay and northern Argentina. Today it is grown around the world in semi-tropical…
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Types Of Custard: Creme Brulee, Creme Caramel, Pot de Creme

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May 5th is Cinco de Mayo. This year, it’s also the Kentucky Derby and National Hoagie Day. What’s a holiday-focused food writer to do? We can recommend that you use the Holidays & Occasions pull-down menu at the right and peruse the content for both holidays. But we’re going to focus on custard. Why custard?…
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