TIP OF THE DAY: A New Way To Look At Cheese For Dessert

Many people enjoy a cheese plate with fruit and nuts. Typically, that means helping oneself from a platter of cheese, garnished with fresh or dried fruits, almonds and/or walnuts. And typically, people eat far more cheese than they should. The suggested serving size is one or two ounces; we probably can put away six ounces…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Syllabub For Dessert

Syllabub sounds like the sister of Beelzebub. But the words are totally unrelated.* Beelzebub is Satan, syllabub is a rather angelic Old English dessert. Cranachan is the Scottish name for a similar dessert. Originally made with milk or cream that was sweetened with sugar, then lightly curdled with wine, the roots of today’s syllabub date…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Try Purple Potatoes

Purple Peruvian potatoes, a delight at the table. Photo by Mona Makela | IST.   Both chefs and nutritionists advise adding color to each meal. Chefs like brightly-colored foods for aesthetics as well as flavor; nutritionists like them for their powerful antioxidants, such as lycopene and anthocyanin.* It doesn’t get more colorful than red: beets,…
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