TIP OF THE DAY: Your Own Signature French Fries

While the Belgians may or may not have invented what we call French fries (see the history below), they do consume the most French fries per capita of any country in Europe. And we would have thought that Americans took that prize! Call them French fries or simply fries in America, chips in the U.K.…
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Boozy Milkshake Recipe For National Vanilla Milkshake Day

[1] Celebrate with a vanilla milkshake (photo © Inga Nielsen | iStock Photo). [2] The original milkshakes were alcoholic. You can add a shot of Irish cream liqueur or even rum or whiskey to your shake (photo © Gelson’s Markets). [3] A peanut butter milkshake with a toasted marshmallow garnish. Here’s the recipe (photo ©…
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TIP OF THE DAY: A Red, White & Blue Drink With Iced Tea

Green iced tea with berries (photo by Eugene Bochkarev | Dreamstime).   To quench thirsts over July 4th weekend, brew up a special batch of red, white and blue iced tea. Use red and blue berries and a white fruit to garnish: Green iced tea Hibiscus iced tea Rooibos (red) iced tea   White fruits…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Things To Do With Overripe Bananas

Dolce de bananas becomes a banana toffee pie. Here’s the recipe. Photo courtesy OurBestBites.com.   We went overboard at Trader Joe’s, buying too many bananas with the thought that we’d eat one or two each day. You can guess the outcome: a lot of overripe bananas. So we headed to our mental archive of delicious…
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RECIPE: Tofu Fries

A spin on fries: tofu and coconut. Photo courtesy House Foods.   Most people have had french fries in some or all of their variations*, sweet potato fries, zucchini fries, even yucca fries. But how about tofu fries? House Foods created this tasty recipe, which evokes coconut-battered shrimp: CRISPY COCONUT TOFU FRIES WITH SPICY APRICOT…
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