Category: Tip Of The Day

TIP OF THE DAY: How To Pick The Best Live Lobster

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Top: One sign of a good lobster: long antennae (photo courtesy I Love Blue Sea. Center: Mmm, mmm: a lobster Platter at North River Lobster Company. Bottom: Different lobster have different colors, both live and when cooked. This one is from Portugal (photo courtesy Vermillion Restaurant).   Planning to buy live lobsters for National Lobster…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Flavor Your Water With Fresh Fruits (Spa Water)

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You can buy a bottle of water flavored with extracts, or you can extract the flavor of fresh fruit by yourself. Whether we’re home alone or expecting guests, we usually flavor a pitcher of water with fresh fruits (or add your own mint or lemon extract into tap water). The subtle infusion from the fresh…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Sweet Or Savory French Toast

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Top: French Toast smothered in sautéed apples (photo courtesy Peapod). Center: French Toast Casserole: even easier than regular French Toast (photo courtesy Driscoll’s). Bottom: Savory French Toast (photo courtesy Castello Cheese).   Making perfectly round pancakes is not among our cooking skills. Long before we discovered the gadget known as a pancake batter dispenser, we’d…
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Negroni Cocktail Recipe & History To Celebrate Negroni Week

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[1] A Negroni, elegantly presented in a stemmed glass at The Heathman Restaurant & Bar in Portland, Oregon. [2] A fun presentation at Irvington in New York City. [3] A Negroni with two of its ingredients: sweet vermouth and Campari (photo © Alessio Zaccaria | Unsplash).   It’s Negroni Week, an opportunity to try a…
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