TIP OF THE DAY: Make A Savory Galette

Beet and Sweet Potato Galette from Vermont Creamery.   Shoo the winter blues away with a colorful galette. In the pastry world, a galette is a rustic, open-face pie, made without a pie pan. It is flat, with a turned-up crust that wraps around the filling to create a “dough pan.” It can be round,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Soup In A Tea Cup

It’s zero degrees here right now, with a wind chill below zero—the coldest February day since 1963. It’s a good day to focus on soup. We prefer to consume soup in a mug instead of a bowl. It can be easily sipped, and we never drip soup on ourselves. Our ability to avoid spilling some…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Americanize Fried Rice

To celebrate the 2016 Chinese New Year, a holiday that runs through February 13th, here’s a fusion idea: a fried rice fusion of Chinese and American ingredients. National Fried Rice Day is September 20th. It’s a great dish to make from leftovers. The beauty of fried rice is that it is very adaptable. Like chow…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Walnuts On Pizza

[1] Apple Cheddar Pizza With Walnuts from OhMyVeggies.com. [2] Pear, Blue Cheese & Walnut Pizza from 2Teaspoons.com.. [3] Chicken Alfredo Pizza With Walnuts & Gorgonzola from Pillsbury.com.   We’d never had walnuts on a pizza—or even thought of it—until a recent excursion to Paulie Gee’s pizzeria in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn. The restaurant serves…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: Make A Pisco Sour For National Pisco Day

Pisco Portón is an acholado mosto verde pisco. Its sister brand, La Caravedo, is a pisco puro, from estate-grown Quebranta grapes. See the definitions below. Photo courtesy Pisco Portón.   Quinoa isn’t the only hot product from Peru. Pisco, Peru’s national spirit, is another. Peruvians honor their pisco so much there are two annual holidays…
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