Category: Recipes

FOOD FUN: Whimsical Mac & Cheese Recipe

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Take your choice: innovative Mac & Cheese (photo courtesy Chef Eric LeVine) or a conventional preparation (photo courtesy Dietz and Watson).   What’s on this plate? A base of macaroni and cheese. Surrounded with a ring of duck and mushrooms in hoisin sauce. Topped with 5 jumbo grilled, bacon-wrapped shrimp. Garnished with fresh rosemary (substitute…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Off-Season Coconut Macaroons

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Top: Chocolate-dipped macaroons (photo courtesy McCormick). Center: Plain coconut macaroons (photo courtesy Recchiuti Confections). Bottom: Up close (photo by Georgie Grd | Wikipedia).   If you like coconut, don’t wait until Passover* to make coconut macaroons. They’re a great treat year-round, and gluten-free. Bring them as house gifts: They travel well without breaking. We adapted…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Bake Doughnuts For Father’s Day

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National Doughnut Day is celebrated on the first Friday of June, but there’s an even better reason to make doughnuts on the third Sunday: Father’s Day. If Dad loves doughnuts, get up an hour earlier and bake a batch for his breakfast. Yes, bake them—no frying required with these cake-like doughnuts from King Arthur Flour.…
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FOOD FUN: Birthday Shots

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What a nifty idea for birthdays! It’s from Julie Albert and Lisa Gnat, the sisters who authored Bite Me. This recipe is from their second book, Bite Me Too. Their latest book, Lick Your Plate, has recently hit the shelves. Combine vodka, chocolate liqueur, cream and white cake mix, and top it with whipped cream…
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RECIPE: Naked Chocolate Peanut Butter Layer Cake (Naked Cake)

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Audra’s magnificent naked cake: chocolate and peanut butter. We’re about to eat the computer screen. Photo courtesy TheBakerChick.com.   Oh, how we love you Audra, The Baker Chick. Your emails with such beautiful photos of your recipes make the day better. Even if we don’t have time to make them, just looking at them is…
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