TIP OF THE DAY: The Best Roast Chicken Recipe

Our mom was a terrific cook, of everything from the simple to the elaborate. On weekday nights, meals would be more simple: grilled meats and fish, salad, a vegetable, a starch. Once or twice a week she roasted a plump whole chicken in a countertop rotisserie, similar to this one but bigger, and without today’s…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Don’t Let Nettle Season Pass You By

[1] Add nettles to soup, such as this Potato, Nettle and Green Garlic Soup (all photos © Good Eggs | SF). [2] Nettles. [3] Green garlic.   A year ago, we wrote about stinging nettles. also called common nettles and wild nettles. Here’s that background article. Today’s tip is a reminder not to let the…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cheese Spreads, Cheese Condiments

Top: Crostini with Brie, Serrano ham and Fig Spread (photo courtesy Favor The Moments). Bottom: Enjoy trying the different spreads with different cheeses (photo courtesy Bonne Maman).   What’s a cheese condiment? What’s a cheese spread? you may ask. Here’s the food nerd explanation: Cheese spread is one of the sweet cheese condiments. A condiment…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Riced Cauliflower, Cauliflower Rice & Recipe

[1] There’s no rice involved here: This mushroom “risotto” was made by HealthyFellow.com from riced cauliflower. Here’s the recipe. [2] The JoyLoop brand is sold at Good Eggs in San Francisco—perhaps the most wonderful food purveyor in the U.S.—and other brands are sold nationwide. [3] In the U.K., CauliRice.com sells plain cauliflower rice, plus Indian,…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Beer Day

Top: Amber ale with blue cheese from the EatWisconsinCheese.com. Bottom: Burger and a lager at The Palm.   What will you do on April 7th, National Beer Day? Drink beer, of course. Hopefully, you’ll choose a complex craft beer instead of something mass-produced and bland. Depending on your age, it may seem that craft breweries…
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