TIP OF THE DAY: Soup With Salad Garnish

Here’s a new approach to “soup and salad”: a chilled soup with a salad garnish. We were inspired by this concept from Chef Scott Conant of Scarpetta restaurants in Beverly Hills, Las Vegas, Miami and New York City. The idea is to create a substantial garnish that contributes eye appeal and compatible flavors to the…
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RECIPE: Thai Cucumber Salad

Following on the heels of cucumber water, here’s an easy recipe for a delicious cucumber salad, Thai-style. Serve this crunchy, low-calorie side with just about anything. While European cucumber salads tend to use cider vinegar and lots of fresh dill, the Thai twist uses rice vinegar and some heat: Thai chiles if you like things…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cucumber Water

Toss cucumber slices into a glass or a pitcher of water. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   When life gives you cucumbers, you can make cucumber soup, cucumber salad, add cukes to green salads and grain salads and make pickled cucumbers (that’s “pickles” to most of us, although any fruit or vegetable can…
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Boston Cream Cheesecake Recipe & History Of Boston Cream Pie

Got 35 minutes of prep time? Whip up this specialty cheesecake for National Cheesecake Day, July 30th. Boston Cream Cheesecake is a fusion of—you guessed it—Boston Cream Pie and cheesecake. So we’ll start with some food trivia: Boston Cream Pie is not a pie, but a layer cake with a pastry cream or custard filling.…
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RECIPE: Dorie Greenspan’s Dimply Plum Cake

If “Dimply Plum Cake” doesn’t sound sexy to you: Trust us, you will love this cake. A robust batter, scented with cardamom, lemon and vanilla, bakes up around halved plums. The fruit creates charming plum “dimples” in the surface. It is a perfect breakfast/brunch cake with a cup of coffee, but also is a delightful…
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