Recipe: Turn Espresso Into Affogato & The History Of Affogato

[1] Affogato: an Italian sundae (photo © Tony Liao | Unsplash). [2] A coupe glass (photo #1) is nice, but most people use a rocks glass (photo © Williams Sonoma). [3] After the first ball of ice cream melted, a fresh scoop was plopped on top.   When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When…
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Make Your Own Curry Powder & Chile Oil & The History Of Curry

[1] Homemade curry powder (photo © Savory Spice Shop | Facebook). [2] Coconut chicken curry with basmati saffron rice (photo © Cafe Spice). [3] Fish curry (photo © Sun Basket). [4] Keema curry, an Indian curry made of ground meat and minced vegetables (photo © Hannah Kaminsky | Bittersweet Blog). [5] Goat curry (photo ©…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Rethink The Dinner Salad

Looking for dinner salad ideas? Look no further than this alluring interpretation we had at Orsay, a restaurant in Manhattan that specializes in classic brasserie fare (with some modern dishes like this French-style “dinner salad”). You can also serve it as a luncheon salad, or as a first course to a larger meal. The concept…
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