Category: Recipes

FOOD FUN: Chioggia Beets

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[1] Chioggia beets, candy striped by nature (photo © Bee Raw). [2] A bowl of striped chioggia and conventional red beets (photo by Woodley Wonderworks | CC BY 2.0 License).   Some vegetables just engender a smile. For us, watermelon radish and chioggia beets are two of these, both charmingly candy striped by nature. It’s…
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TIP: Easy Appetizer Napoleons

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Avocado-portabella napoleon with lavash layers. Photo © Delicious Knowledge | California Avocado Commission   When most of us think of napoleons, we think of a mille-feuille (millefoglie in Italian), filled with custard. Mille-feuille means “thousand leaves,” three rectangular sheets of puff pastry spread with Bavarian cream, pastry cream, whipped cream, custard, jam or fruit purée,…
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Recipe For National Baked Vanilla Or Chocolate Custard Day

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[1] Baked vanilla custard (photo © Xiebiyun | Fotolia). [2] Baked chocolate custard (photo © American Egg Board).   We looked for a custard recipe to tweet today, August 17th, National Vanilla Custard Day. (National Chocolate Custard Day is May 3rd.) But, zut alors, we didn’t have one. How can that be? It’s one of…
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RECIPE: Panzanella & Fruit Salad

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Fruit salad with bread (panzanella salad). Photo © Hannah Kaminsky | Bittersweet Blog.   Our colleague Hannah Kaminsky spent the summer in California, enjoying the wealth of produce that sunny state provides. “As a little ode to my Californian summer, it was only fitting to gather up a small sampling of what I had on…
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RECIPE: Lemon Ice Box Mini Tarts

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Meyer Lemon Icebox Mini Tarts. Photo courtesy Aida Mollenkamp.   When you want just a bit of dessert, this recipe from Chef Aida Mollenkamp is fun finger food. Prep time is 20 minutes, plus 3 hours of baking and setting time. If you can’t find Meyer lemons, the juice of which is less acidic, you…
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