Category: Great Food

TIP OF THE DAY: Make Homemade Pork Rinds

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[1] Don’t these homemade pork rinds look so much better than store-bought (photo and recipe © PaleoLeap.com)? [2] Pork rinds are also a delicious garnish for soups and salads (photo © Culinary Vegetable Institute). [3] Pork cracklings are made from the skin and fat; pork rinds are the skin (rind) only (photo © Padaek.com. Check…
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FOOD FUN: Bacon Clothesline

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The innovative chef David Burke has 11 restaurants, stretching from Manhattan to Aspen. His playful yet polished cuisine has long featured memorable dishes, from Angry Lobster to Chocolate Burke’In Bag (a molded chocolate bag filled with mousse) to our latest fancy, Bacon On A Clothesline. Unlike many of his dishes, you can make your own…
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TIP OF THE DAY: DIY Bruschetta Bar

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Top: Grab a slice and pick your toppings. We love this selection from WhatsGabyCooking.com. Center: The classic bruschetta topping: tomatoes, olive oil and basil. The tomatoes can be halved cherry or grape tomatoes or diced beefsteak or roma tomatoes (photo courtesy Williams-Sonoma.com). Bottom: As a bonus for guests, grill the bread as you need it,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Have A Tapas Party For World Tapas Day

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“Official” food holidays are those officially declared by a government: local, state, or national. In these fast and loose days of the Internet, however, many companies and individuals don’t bother to seek official sanction for a “special observance day.” Instead, they simply announce online that a particular date is now World Nutella Day (started by…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Try Bitters In Your Coffee & The History Of Bitters

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Many “cocktail households” have a bottle of Angostura bitters, to splash into a Manhattan or other recipe. In fact, you can add bitters to still or sparkling water, regular or diet soda, hot or iced tea, and coffee. (There’s a recipe for iced coffee with bitters below.) If you follow food and beverage trends, you’ve…
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