PRODUCT: UV Candy Bar Vodka & Candy Bar Cocktails

UV candy bar-flavored vodka. Photo courtesy Phillips Distilling Company.   Sip your candy bar, drink your dessert: Phillips Distilling Company has launched UV Candy Bar, a chocolate- and caramel-flavored vodka. It’s 17th vodka flavor in the UV Vodka line, that also includes UV Cake, UV Chocolate Cake and UV Whipped. And the bottles are flying…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Crunchy, Savory Yogurt Parfait

Pretzel nuggets add crunch to yogurt. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   One of our favorite kitchen activities involves playing with ingredients: What can we do with them that hasn’t been done before? That’s how we developed our Pretzel Yogurt Parfait. We were inspired by a bag of pretzel nuggets (alternatively, crush regular…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Trick Out Your Taco

Recently we discovered Tacombi, a taco concept that began five years ago on the beaches of Mexico. There, the chef turned a converted Volkswagen microbus into a taco truck. Last year Tacombi moved shop to the Nolita neighborhood of New York City, serving tacos and Mexican beers from the different culinary regions of Mexico. Check…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Deconstruct & Reconstruct The Shrimp Cocktail Recipe

[1] Don’t have a proper shrimp cocktail glass? Use what you do have, from a julep glass to a Martini glass or anything other stemware. Note also that instead of cocktail sauce, the shrimp are paired with pesto (photo © Butter Restaurant | NYC). [2] Or, how about serving the shrimp with salsa? Here, pico…
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TIP OF THE DAY: The New Tuna Salad

Looking to detox after a Valentine’s Day of chocolates and rich desserts? Salad and grilled fish is a good start. As much as we love that can of Bumble Bee, our favorite tuna salad is New School, made with seared tuna. You can use your favorite salad ingredients, but we prefer something a bit different.…
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