Category: Recipes

TIP OF THE DAY: Make Easter Candy Apples

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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

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[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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TIP OF THE DAY: Moros y Cristianos, Cuban Rice & Beans

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Disclaimer: This is a traditional recipe based on a historical event. It is not a commentary on any religion or ethnicity. Why the disclaimer? The recipe is Moros y Cristianos, a dish commemorating the Islamic Conquest of Spain by Moors in the early 8th century, the ongoing wars between the two sides and the subsequent…
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EASTER: Speckled Egg Malted Milk Cake

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Easter is early this year: just 10 days after St. Patrick’s Day, on March 27th. This year we’re passing on our beloved coconut-covered lamb cake in favor of this elegant caker. Who knows: Next year, maybe we’ll make one of each.   RECIPE: SPECKLED EGG MALTED MILK CAKE FOR EASTER Wow guests with this impressive…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Horseradish Sauce

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Horseradish sauce on: (1) roast pork sandwich (from National Pork Board), (2) poached salmon with dill-horseradish sauce (Sysco), (3) steak salad (Good Eggs); (4) horseradish root, freshly dug (North Fork Horseradish Festival) and (5) horseradish root as it often looks in the market (Markon.com).   In the U.K., horseradish sauce has long been paired with…
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