Category: Great Food

RECIPE: Tart Cherry Fruit Soup

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Tart cherry soup can be a starter or dessert. Photo courtesy ChooseCherries.com.   Here’s a follow-up to our recent recipe tip on fruit soup, which included a recipe for chilled blackberry soup. This recipe is easy as can be, using tart cherry juice. You can serve it as a starter; we like it as a…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make A Small Greek Salad

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An artistic Greek salad from Stix Mediterranean Grill in New York City.   Some people love a luncheon size Greek salad. But how about as your first course? Now that beautiful tomatoes are in season, slice them up in as many ways as you can, including in a first course Greek salad. In Greece, what…
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FOOD FUN: Make Alcohol-Infused Ice Pops

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[1] New, fun, delicious: Prosecco and boozy ice pops (photo © Conrad Hotel | NYC). [2] Freeze your own Prosecco pops, and enjoy this light sparkler straight or in a cocktail (photo © Freixenet).   Too bad “Sex And The City” is off the air. The girls could have spent an afternoon or evening at…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Heirloom Tomato Caprese Salad

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Where’s the stack of mozzarella and tomato slices? This Caprese salad is deconstructed. Photo courtesy Great Performances | NYC.   Take advantage of the beautiful tomatoes now at farmers markets to create an elegant Caprese salad like this. There’s just a small window each year to enjoy heirloom tomatoes, so budget to have them every…
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RECIPE: Popcorn Ball Ice Cream Sandwiches

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Make an ice cream sandwich with a “popcorn ball” sandwich. Photo courtesy Popcorn.org.   August 2nd is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day. Sure, ice cream between two cookies or thin slices of cake makes a great sandwich. But try something different this year: Make the “sandwich” part from popcorn balls. This recipe takes the ingredients…
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