Category: Recipes

TIP OF THE DAY: Cucumber Water

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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

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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

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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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RECIPE: Seared Scallop Salad

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Seared scallop salad: a first or main course. Photo and recipe courtesy Pom Wonderful.   Every Saturday morning, we head out to our local farmers market, always stopping at the fishmonger’s booth for fresh scallops. We love them cooked or raw. In fact, we have to restrain ourselves from nibbling up the raw scallops for…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Roasted Baby Potatoes With Dipping Sauce

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Potato lovers: This recipe’s for you. Photo courtesy PotatoGoodness.com.   Many people enjoy chips and dip, pretzels and dip, raw vegetables and dip. But how about roasted potatoes and dip? This recipe, from PotatoGoodness.com, can be enjoyed as a first course, a side, a snack, or with a casual beer or glass of wine. Mini…
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