TIP OF THE DAY: Vegetable “Raft”

Build a vegetable “raft” to make a serving of plain grilled or sautéed protein look like fancy restaurant fare. This chef’s trick makes it easy to add glamor to a piece of cooked protein—beef, fish, lamb, pork, poultry, tofu. Not to mention, it gets people to eat more veggies! Here, branzino in padella (branzino cooked…
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Best Cherry Pie Recipe For National Cherry Pie Day

[1] This cherry pie gets a fancy lattice top (photo © Cherry Marketing Institute). [2] Mom’s cherry pie (photo © Eric Hood | iStock Photo). [3] How artistic are you? This pie has an extra-special crust fashioned by Carey Nershi (photo © Carey Not Carrie | Vermont Creamery). [4] Look for pitted cherries in water,…
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RECIPE: Hungarian Rice Pudding

Hungarian Rice Pudding. Photo and recipe courtesy Little Bucharest Bistro | Chicago.   A bone-chilling day like today calls for extra helpings of comfort food. One of our favorites is rice pudding. We’ve made it every way, including conventional, with rum-soaked raisins, with dried cherries and cranberries replacing the raisins, and a Thai-inspired version with…
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