TIP: How To Remove That Burnt Popcorn Smell

October is National Popcorn Poppin’ Month. We love popcorn, a whole grain snack that’s low in calories when seasoned simply with spices and herbs. You can also use your FDA-sanctioned two daily tablespoons of heart-healthy olive oil. But chief among our kitchen foibles is burnt microwaved popcorn. It not only imparts a horrendous lingering odor;…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Café Liégeois

We made this recipe yesterday, for National Coffee Day. Instead of our favorite after-dinner coffee—a steaming cup of French or Italian roast with a shot of coffee liqueur, substituting for dessert—we celebrated with a Café Liégeois (lee-eh-ZHWAH). It’s a parfait with layers of iced coffee, ice cream, and whipped cream (called chantilly [shon-TEE-yee] in French).…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How to Recycle Coffee Grounds

You can toss your coffee grounds, or re-use them in multiple ways. Photo courtesy Tradebit.com.   September 29th is National Coffee Day. If you brew your own coffee, what do you do with the spent grounds? Here are green alternatives from Folgers Coffee and our own archives. WAYS TO RECYCLE COFFEE GROUNDS BEAUTY Body scrub:…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Harvest Cobb Salad

Grilled squash and corn replace tomatoes and cheese in this Harvest Cobb Salad. Photo courtesy TheBakerChick.com.   Today’s tip comes from Audra Fullerton, The Baker Chick, one of our favorite food bloggers (and food photographers). She created a Cobb Salad with fall ingredients, that serves as the inspiration to many other fall salads to come.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Ways To Use Ginger Beer

Ginger beer is not alcoholic, but a stronger, spicier version of ginger ale. There are lots of cocktails made with ginger beer, the most famous of which are: Dark And Stormy: ginger beer and Gosling’s Black Seal Rum (a black or dark rum). Moscow Mule: ginger beer, lime juice, vodka (trivia lovers, it was the…
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