RECIPE: Cookie Dough Ice Cream Sandwiches

We often make a “double cookie dough” ice cream sandwich: chocolate chip cookies with cookie dough ice cream. But this recipe from McCormick uses raw cookie dough—not baked—as the sandwich. You make the cookie dough yourself, and don’t need to add eggs since it won’t be baked. Or, you can use pasteurized eggs. RECIPE: COOKIE…
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Homemade Lollipops For National Lollipop Day

[1] Your homemade lollipops can be free-form with inclusions, like the bits of flower petals above (photo © Sacred Sweets).   Looking for a fun activity? How about making lollipops? Today is National Lollipop Day July 20th, and Exploratorium has a recipe that lets you be a lollipop chef. You can make favorite flavors that…
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The Classic Daiquiri, History Of The Daiquiri & More Daiquiri Recipes

[1] No. 2 Daiquirí of the four recipes below. It’s the first variation of the original, created in 1920s Havana (photo © Bacardi Rum). [2] A recent take: the Grapefruit Daiquirí, substituting grapefruit juice for the lime (photo © Ruth’s Chris Steak House). [3] A Hawthorne strainer. This one is from Williams Sonoma.   July…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Poached Egg As A Glamorous Ingredient

Who could resist a frisée salad with pork belly, prosciutto and truffle vinaigrette? And how about that poached egg? Photo courtesy Due Forni | Las Vegas.   People who don’t like to eat salad—and of course, those who do—may well be tempted by this creation from Due Forni in Las Vegas. To a bed of…
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