FOOD FUN: Layered Salad In A Glass Bowl

For people who love salad—and especially for those who don’t—a straight-sided 3-quart glass bowl makes those greens and other ingredients look so much more inviting. So today’s tip is: Dig out your glass bowl, and if you don’t have one, get one. A glass mixing bowl doubles as a salad bowl/serving bowl. The bowl in…
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HALLOWEEN: Eyeball Cake & Cake Pops

Are you looking at me? Photo courtesy Bella Baker.   If you like to make cake pops—or have been waiting for an excuse to make them—here are some of the designs from Lauryn Cohen, a.k.a. Bella Baker. Here are the photos that show how she decorates the plain cake pops, along with designs you can…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Homemade Ginger Miso Salad Dressing Recipe

The other week we went shopping at a large Japanese superstore (and the largest Japanese supermarket in the U.S.), Mitsuwa Marketplace in Edgewater, New Jersey. Strolling up and down the aisles, we wandered into the salad dressing area. We found ourselves hungering for a big salad with ginger-miso dressing—the type of dressing, often orange in…
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FOOD FUN: The Banana Police

Here are two of the amazing banana dishes we found on TheBananaPolice.com. There’s quite a selection of them, turned into create fruit plates and cereal. And there are simpler versions that any of us could create. See them all at TheBananaPolice.com: boats, butterflies, cars, dogs, dolphins, elephants, horses, snails, sunsets, trees and more. The website…
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Bake This Angel Food Cake Recipe For National Angel Food Cake Day

[1] Angel food cake with strawberry glaze (photo © American Egg Board). [2] Berries are a perfect garnish for angel food cake (photo © Anna Ozerova | Dreamstime). [3] Angel food cake is baked in a tube pan because the hollow center provides support for the delicate, egg-white based batter as it rises, preventing it…
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