Make An Icebox Cake – Here’s A Recipe!

[1] A variation of the original Ice Box Cake: a simple yet memorable combination of chocolate wafers and whipped cream. Here, pastry chefs at Magnolia Bakery took the extra step to pipe the whipped cream around the cookie edges to create a finished look (photo © Magnolia Bakery). [2] A Black Forest trifle. This version…
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FOOD FUN: Melon & Prosciutto

Who’d guess that this is the classic Italian first course, Melon and Prosciutto? Photo courtesy Bar Elo | NYC.   This fun approach to Melon and Prosciutto was created by Chef Mario at Bar Eolo in New York City. Instead of slicing the melon into wedges, use a melon baller. Instead of flat slices of…
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Strawberry-Pistachio Semifreddo Recipe: Make A Semifreddo!

It’s National Ice Cream Month, which we interpret to include all frozen desserts. There is no National Frozen Yogurt Month, No Sherbet/Sorbet Month. The history of frozen desserts dates back to 2000 B.C.E. when the Chinese used syrups to flavor snow. Fruit juices were turned into fruit ices. Honey and aromatic spices expanded the menu…
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RECIPE: Cherry Tomato Bruschetta

We serve bruschetta as an appetizer course as well as an hors d’oeuvre with wine. Photo courtesy Williams-Sonoma.   While cherry tomatoes are grown in greenhouses year-round, like all tomatoes, they taste so much better in the summer. In addition to broiling/grilling/roasting/sautéeing cherry tomatoes and adding them to pasta and salads, you can make a…
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