TIP OF THE DAY: Make Seafood Crudo Or Beef Carpaccio

Carpaccio (beef) and crudo (seafood) are easy to make, and present themselves as a sophisticated dish that took you a lot longer to prepare. If you eat sushi, sashimi, steak tartare and other raw preparations, it’s a dish you can easily make at home. From the earliest times, fishermen have eaten their catch onboard, without…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Frosé, Frozen Rosé Wine Granita For Cocktails Or Dessert

[1] Frosé granita. [2] Frosé with ice cream (both photos courtesy Kim Crawford).   Call it a cocktail or call it dessert: We have long enjoyed a frozen rosé cocktail by scooping some sherbet in a glass and topping it off with sparkling wine or still or sparkling rosé. A couple of years ago, some…
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For Brunch: A Breakfast Bowl & Mushroom Pancakes

Restaurant menus mostly offer brunch favorites: a bagel platter, corned beef hash, Eggs Benedict, eggs and omelets with your choice of bacon-ham-sausage, French toast, pancakes and waffles, steak and eggs (and if it’s a trendy place, avocado toast). At home, you can get more creative, from chilaquiles (here’s a gourmet version) and shakshouka to riffs…
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TIP OF THE DAY: If You Buy, Buy Healthy (i.e., Buy This, Not That)

Tempting, delicious, good for you (photo courtesy Botanica | LA).   Over the recent Memorial Day weekend, we popped into a friend’s party. There was plenty to drink, and in an hour, salmon and steaks would start to sizzle. But the nibbles available prior to then were strictly “fraternity party”: cheese corn, potato chips, pretzels,…
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RECIPES: Chocolate Bacon Potato Chips, Wasabi Potato Chips

For Father’s Day, for celebrations year-round or for general gifting, here’s something few others will be making: Chocolate Bacon Potato Chips. The bacon is optional: chocolate-only is just as delicious. These sweet-and-salty chips are a favorite at parties, and disappear quickly. We recommend dipping the chips most of the way, instead of completely enrobing them,…
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