Category: Recipes

Spring Salad Recipe: Asparagus & Radishes & The History Of Radishes

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It’s easy to put together a spring salad of asparagus and radishes. Most of us are familiar with the crimson radish, and maybe even black radish and white radish (the shredded daikon served with sashimi). If you’re lucky, you’ve enjoyed the beauty of a watermelon radish (photo # 3) or another specialty radish (photo #4—check…
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RECIPE: Oysters & Pearls

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The great chef Thomas Keller, inventor of “Oysters and Pearls,” created a splendid first course with fresh-shucked oysters in a pearl tapioca sabayon, garnished with osetra caviar (today it’s domestic white sturgeon caviar, due to import restrictions). Here’s a video, here’s the recipe). Keller’s inspiration was a box on tapioca pearls he noticed on a…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Different Egg Dishes

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A frittata, made on the stove top and finished in the oven or under the broiler. Photo courtesy Applegate Natural & Organic Meats.   You can have your breakfast eggs baked in a nest, boiled, fried, poached or scrambled or stuffed. You can make breakfast burritos and pizzas, Eggs Benedict and a library of other…
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RECIPE: Coffee Shortbread Cookies

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Coffee shortbread with a chocolate glaze to pair with a fine cup of java. Photo courtesy Taste Of Home.   As a gift for your favorite coffee-loving moms, bake coffee-flavored shortbread. These are made even more special with a double chocolate drizzle. The recipe, from Taste of Home, is easy to make. Prep time is…
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RECIPE: Mexican / Southwestern Yogurt Parfait With Tortilla Chips

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[1] A savory Mexican (or Tex-Mex) parfait (photo and recipe © Food Should Taste Good). [2] Start with a can of diced, fire-roasted tomatoes (photo © Muir Glen). [3] Tricolor tortilla chips add an extra layer of fun (photo © Abuelita Mexican Foods).   This Southwestern Tomato and Yogurt Parfait is made in trendy glass…
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