RECIPE: Panzanella & Fruit Salad

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

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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FOOD FUN: Guacamole Verrine, A Layered Appetizer

We discovered this photo on the Frontier Foods blog, where it was called a torta, a word that refers to different foods in different Spanish-language countries. But we’d call it a verrine (vair-REEN). Verre is the French word for glass; verrine, which means “protective glass,” is an assortment of ingredients layered “artfully” in a small…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Fruit Beer

Not hard cider, but apple (pomme) lambic, a style of Belgian beer. Photo courtesy Lindemans.   For a country so keen on fruity cocktails, we don’t drink much fruit beer. But summer is the perfect time for it, so plan to have a few before Labor Day. Fruit beers have been popular for centuries, beginning…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Eat More Mussels (How About Mussels Marinière?)

Today’s tip was inspired by a recent “Personal Health” column by Jane Brody in the New York Times called Relearning How To Eat Fish. Among other suggestions, the article urges that you expand your fish and seafood horizons, perhaps starting with a delicious bowl of good-for-you steamed mussels. Fish and shellfish are the most nutritious…
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