Category: Great Food

TIP OF THE DAY: Fried Potato Peels (Save Potato Peels For A Snack Or Garnish)

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Yesterday we featured murasaki, Japanese purple sweet potatoes. Today, it’s a completely different view of potatoes: Fried or roasted peels! We knew that we could freeze potato peels (and all vegetable peels) to make stock. We never thought to cook them as a standalone food. But, in that time-honored tradition of letting nothing go to…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Murasaki Japanese Sweet Potatoes

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[1] Murasaki sweet potatoes from Japan, a variety now grown in California (you can buy seeds from Burpee). [2] Murasaki oven fries with wasabi aïoli. Here’s the recipe from Bonjon Gourmet.   “As sweet as sugar.” That’s what we thought when we first tasted murasaki sweet potatoes. The next day we ran out to buy…
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Have You Tried Different Cheeses On Pizza?

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Updated September 2026 Pizza is one of America’s favorite foods, tied at the top with burgers, depending on the survey. In the U.S., there are more than 64,000 pizzerias (some sources say 75,000 to 76,000). A visit to a typical pizzeria will get you a layer of mozzarella on top of the crust, plus toppings…
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