TIP OF THE DAY: The Perfect Baked Potato & Toppings

We really miss our mother’s baked potatoes. Mom was a potato fan and made a simple preparation every night, rotating among baked, boiled with parsley butter, French fried and mashed (for Sunday brunch, hash browns; for special occasions, potato pancakes). Among this group, what we no longer come across—or make at home—is her baked potato…
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Burrata Salad For Spring & Burrata For Dessert

Admission: We are addicted to burrata, a filled ball of mozzarella. When we discovered it 20 years ago, it was only carried by a few U.S. cheese shops, in cities with direct flights from Italy, its place of origin. Today, America’s cheese makers are turning out their own burrata: just as creamy, milky and delicious…
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RECIPE: Carrot-Banana Cake

Like carrot cake? Like banana cake? This recipe from Melissa’s combines both in one yummy recipe. While carrots and bananas are available year-round, this recipe says “spring” to us. The cake can be prepared 1 day ahead, covered with a cake dome and refrigerated. RECIPE: CARROT-BANANA CAKE Ingredients   For The Cake 2 cups all-purpose…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Easter Candy Apples

TOP: Roll a caramel apple in M&Ms (photo Amy’s Apples). Center: Turn the apple into a chick with yellow sprinkles (photo Amy’s Apples). Bottom: You can make a hard candy coating like the red Halloween apples, switching the red food color for pastels. Photo courtesy Rose Bakes.   Candy apples have a strong association with…
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RECIPE: Salted Caramel Pretzel Brownies

[1] Sweet and salty, chocolate and caramel: How can you resist? A recipe and photo from The Baker Chick (photo © The Baker Chick). [2] Dutch process, or Dutched cocoa, is processed with alkali to neutralize cocoa’s natural acidity. It is milder in flavor and lighter in color than non-Dutched cocoa powder (photo © King…
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