Category: Recipes

TIP OF THE DAY: Fun With Food Presentation

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A good caterer knows that presentation makes a big difference. At every event we attend, there’s usually a clever idea to bring home. Today, the tip is to repurpose the rocks glass. Elegant Affairs Caterers, which works in The Hamptons and metropolitan New York City, uses it instead of a conventional plate to layer a…
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FOOD FUN RECIPE: Reverse (Inside-Out) Spaghetti & Meatballs

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We’ve gotten a lot of inspiration from Chef Michael O’Boyle of ChickenFriedGourmet.com (alas, now closed). When we looked at his cannelloni, we thought: inside-out spaghetti and meatballs could become a fun family favorite. Instead of stuffing ground meat into cannelloni in the classic way, turn your meatball recipe into mini meatballs and pack them into…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Fruit In Your Salad

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Apple slices and chopped walnuts in a green salad. Photo courtesy Equinox Maple Flakes.   America needs more fruit in its green salads. Except for Asian chicken salads that toss in mandarin segments, we tend to keep a strict separation of fruits and vegetables. One of THE NIBBLE’s consulting chefs, Eric Dantis, always added some…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Party Drink With Berries

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A festive party drink: iced tea with fresh berries. Photo © EugeneBochkarev | Dreamstime.   How can you turn a plain iced tea, lemonade, soft drink or cocktail into a thing of beauty? With fresh berries! Think small: The smaller berries, raspberries and strawberries, work best; you also may be able to find small grapes.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Gourmet Lemonade

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We recently purchased a bargain-size package of culinary lavender on Amazon.com. Our intent was to make lavender tea,* which we consume by the potfull. When a very large pouch of lavender arrived, we had to figure out what to do with all of it. We didn’t want to go the high-calorie dessert route—lavender pound cake,…
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