Category: Recipes

RECIPES: Dessert Pasta For National Pasta Month

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Award-winning dessert lasagna by Chef Michael Stambaugh. Photo and recipe courtesy of the National Pasta Association. November is National Pasta Month—a holiday we’d like to celebrate with a different delicious pasta dish every day. While most of us have tried the many different types of pasta, from long cuts (fettuccine) and short cuts (penne) to…
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TIP OF THE DAY: White Truffle Pizza

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It’s National Pizza Month. There’s no reason not to have your own pizza festival at home—it’s easy to make gourmet pizzas! Start with a flat pizza crust like Boboli and top it with fresh sliced mozzarella and truffle cheese (available at fine cheese stores). Add fresh mushrooms: Pass by the white button mushrooms and go…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Instant Italian

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  You’ll always have a deluxe pasta dinner on hand if you tuck away a bag or two of gourmet pasta in beautiful shapes and colors, along with some jars of roasted peppers, marinated artichoke hearts and good breadsticks. Keep a container of quality, fine-grated Parmigiano Reggiano or Grana Padano cheese in the freezer, along…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Simple, Elegant, Healthy!

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For a special, flavorful yet low-calorie and healthy appetizer, slice blocks of soft Japanese tofu and sprinkle them with toasted black sesame seeds, soy sauce and nori flakes. For even more flavor, add bonito flakes. Arrange on a large platter and let guests help themselves, or serve individual plates with two slices (the tofu looks…
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