RECIPE: Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe?

[1] The best cookies use jumbo chunks of top-quality chocolate (photo courtesy Good Eggs | San Francisco). [2] Here’s the cookbook (photo courtesy Ten Speed Press).   May 15th is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day…and so is August 4th. It may be that one is simply Chocolate Chip Day, and the other Chocolate Chip Cookie…
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FOOD FUN: Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie Recipe

[1] The skillet cookie made by Michelle of HummingbirdHigh.com. [2] Lindsay of PinchOfYum.com adds a layer of caramel and a sprinkle of sea salt to her recipe.   August 4th is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day—and just this week, we found this fun chocolate chip cookie recipe in Cook It in Cast Iron: Kitchen-Tested Recipes…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Feijoada For The Olympics

[1] Feijoada at Sushi Samba, a Brazilian-Japanese restaurant with locations in New York City, Florida, Las Vegas and London. [2] A lighter version of feijoada from SimplyRecipes.com.   To get into the grove of the Rio Olympics, we turn to Brazilian fare, beginning with its national dish, feijoada (fay-ZHWA-dah). A hearty, smoky stew of beans…
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RECIPE: 12+ Different Types Of Gourmet Ice Cream Sandwiches

[1] Cookie Dough ice cream sandwiches. Be still our foolish hearts (photo courtesy McCormick). [2] An ice cream sandwich sundae (photo courtesy Tony Roma’s). [3] Ice cream sandwich on a donut (photo courtesy Elegant Affairs Caterers). [4] Ice cream sandwich on French palmier cookies (photo courtesy Sugar Bowl Bakery). [5] Go Mexican: Ice cream sandwich…
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RECIPE: Chocolate Raspberry Cream Pie For National Raspberry Pie Day

[1] A chocolate cream pie with a raspberry cream top (recipe below, photo © Driscoll’s). [2] This is the right month to find well-priced raspberries (photo © MorgueFile). [3] Chocolate wafer cookies are crushed for the crust (photo © Nabisco). [4] A raspberry tart with a coconut crust. Here’s the recipe (photo © Lottie And…
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