TIP OF THE DAY: Beware Of Fake Italian Olive Oil

The odds are high that your bottle of imported “extra virgin in olive oil” isn’t extra virgin or even pure olive oil, especially if it’s a major supermarket brand and/or sold in bulk. Photo courtesy LiveFreeLiveNatural.com.   “Is this for real?” a reader wrote, sending us a link to an article about fake olive oil.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Serve Food In A Martini Glass

A Caprese salad, made with cherry tomatoes and bocconcini.* Photo courtesy Inspire, Design and Create. Here’s the recipe.   If you own Martini glasses but don’t use them often enough to justify the space, send them from the bar to the kitchen. When they come out, filled with food instead of drink, family and friends…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Decorate Your Ice Cream Cones

Decorate your ice cream cones with a topping and whipped cream. Photo courtesy Quest Nutrition.   Another tip for National Ice Cream Month: cones with toppings! Those who buy cones at a scoop shops know the joy of selecting toppings (and chagrin that you want more than will fit on a scoop of ice cream).…
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Make An Icebox Cake – Here’s A Recipe!

[1] A variation of the original Ice Box Cake: a simple yet memorable combination of chocolate wafers and whipped cream. Here, pastry chefs at Magnolia Bakery took the extra step to pipe the whipped cream around the cookie edges to create a finished look (photo © Magnolia Bakery). [2] A Black Forest trifle. This version…
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Strawberry-Pistachio Semifreddo Recipe: Make A Semifreddo!

It’s National Ice Cream Month, which we interpret to include all frozen desserts. There is no National Frozen Yogurt Month, No Sherbet/Sorbet Month. The history of frozen desserts dates back to 2000 B.C.E. when the Chinese used syrups to flavor snow. Fruit juices were turned into fruit ices. Honey and aromatic spices expanded the menu…
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