Category: Recipes

TIP OF THE DAY: Make Savory Verrines

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Yesterday we introduced dessert verrines, dishes layered in small glasses. They can be either sweet or savory; the goal is to create a visually-stunning and sophisticated small bite. Today, we take on savory verrines, popular as appetizers or cocktail food. You can also serve them as sides with a main course. Think of three to…
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TIP OF THE DAY: For Fun & Excitement, Make Verrine Recipes

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Berries, pistachio sour cream and sweetened Greek yogurt. Photo courtesy Wallmonkey.   Looking for some appetizer or dessert excitement? Make verrines (vair-REEN, in French). Verre is the French word for glass; verrine, which means “protective glass,” is an assortment of ingredients layered “artfully” in a small glass. Verrines can be sweet or savory: The idea…
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RECIPE: Birthday Cake For Every Day Of The Year

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No, this isn’t the cake, but one of the creative appetizers at E&E Grill House: smoky grilled bacon slabs on a salad of Savoy cabbage dressed with aïoli and cider vinegar. The cake is below. Photo courtesy E&E Grill House.   We recently were a guest at a relatively new steakhouse in New York City’s…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make A Signature Mocktail

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A cranberry-lemonade mocktail. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   Mixologists invent new cocktails all the time. They look at the ingredients around them, and start combining. You can do the same with mocktails, mixed drinks without alcohol. One of the most historic is shandy, a 50:50 combination of beer mixed with a carbonated…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Gnudi, Naked Ravioli

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[1] Gnocchi in tomato sauce, garnished with parmesan and microgreens (photo © Scarpetta Restaurant | NYC). [2] Getting fancy with smoked ricotta gnudi and chives, at L’Amico restaurant in New York City (photo © L’Amico). [3] Gnocchi, like the simple preparation in photo #1, were once inexpensive peasant food. Now, let’s get even fancier: gnudi…
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