Category: Great Food

RECIPE: Cantaloupe Soup With Prosciutto

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Melon and prosciutto (Parma ham) are a classic Italian first course. Chef Ethan Stowell takes a big step beyond, combining the two ingredients into delicious summer soup. It’s a savory rather than a sweet soup; so if you bring home a cantaloupe that’s disappointing in its lack of sweetness, make soup! RECIPE: CANTALOUPE SOUP WITH…
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TIP OF THE DAY: 25+ Egg Salad Additions

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Today is National Egg Day, which rings nostalgic to us. The approach of summer reminds us of Mom’s fresh egg salad sandwiches, served to us with the just-cooked eggs still warm. Basic egg salad combines chopped hard-boiled eggs and mayonnaise with finely chopped celery and onion, seasoned with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice (or…
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RECIPE: Rocky Road Truffles

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Today is National Rocky Road Day. The original Rocky Road was an ice cream flavor invented in 1929 by William Dryer. He chose the name to describe the bumpy appearance of ice cream packed with chocolate, marshmallows and walnuts. Since the Great Depression began in October of that year, it was also a tongue-and-cheek reference.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Oil & Vinegar Sprayer

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Spray on oil and vinegar. Photo courtesy Delta.   Just in time for summer cook-outs and picnics, we were sent samples of the large and small Evo Oil Sprayers. They’re different from misters: The spray is less fine and wider. The company claims that the spray nozzle is no-clog (a complaint with the finer-spray misters);…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Shave Parmesan Onto Everything

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You shave Parmesan cheese onto pasta and risotto, meatballs and Caesar salad; maybe on other green salads, too; perhaps to garnish soups. But why stop there? Armed with two different grating gadgets*, the space for which we need to justify, we’ve been shaving Parmesan cheese onto just about everything. Just a bit goes a long…
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