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Dark green spinach leaves, yellow tomatoes and red radicchio turn a sandwich from blah to wow. Photo courtesy Royal Rose Radicchio. You don’t have to read too many food magazines or watch “Top Chef” too often to see how important presentation is. “Top Chef” judges regularly comment on a bland presentation, telling cheftestants that the…
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We didn’t heed our own device when refilling the pepper mill yesterday. The result: peppercorns all over the counter and floor. There’s a better way to do it: Fill a small plastic bag or even a paper envelope with the peppercorns. Snip off a corner. You’ll be able to better aim the peppercorns into the…
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After you juice a grapefruit, lemon, lime, orange or other citrus, do you throw it away? If so, you’re tossing out a delicious ingredient: the zest. Zest is the outermost part of the rind/peel/skin. Before you juice the citrus, remove the zest for use in other recipes. Scraping or cutting it from the skin is…
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You’ve added too much salt. Now what? Salt server available on Amazon.com. We use this one in THE NIBBLE test kitchen. It’s happened to all of us: too much salt inadvertently added to a recipe, making it inedible. How can you salvage your dish? With a liquid dish like soup, you can dilute it with…
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Season your food with a pinch of gremolata, a mixture of herbs and other seasonings. Photo courtesy Aunt Nellie’s. Get the soup recipe. Italy is known for its flavorful cuisine. One of the secrets is knowing how to use fresh herbs. Gremolata (alternate spelling gremolada) is a lively fresh-chopped condiment that commonly includes parsley and/other…
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