TIP OF THE DAY: Potato Crusted Fish

After we jad this delicious potato-crusted cod at Blaue Gans restaurant in New York City, we created our own version at home. You can use cod, halibut or other thick, flaky white fish. Blaue Gans set the fish atop a cucumber, yogurt and tarragon salad. You can use any vegetables or grain. There are variations…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Celery Salt, Emeril’s Favorite Spice

Who’d have guessed that celery salt was the must-have spice of chef Emeril Lagasse? In an interview in Nation’s Restaurant News, called “5 Things I Can’t Live Without,” celery salt was at the top of his list. “I use it in almost everything,” says Chef Emeril. “People don’t usually guess that it’s in there, but…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Fun With Nonalcoholic Beverages

Lavender lemonade, a truly great experience (as is lavender iced tea). Here’s the recipe. Photo © Edith Frimcu | Dreamstime.   Many home trends in foods and how to serve them come from restaurants, where chefs are constantly on the look for new ways to tempt customers. While mixologists have long been creating menus of…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Sorrel

Green goddess: fresh-picked sorrel. Photo courtesy Good Eggs | SF.   If you hadn’t read the headline or the caption, would you have been able to identify the leafy green in the photo? Growing wild in grassland habitats, sorrel has long been cultivated as a garden herb and leafy green vegetable. It’s a member of…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Raw Milk Cheese

Today is Raw Milk Appreciation Day. Raw milk, another term for unpasteurized milk, is used for drinking and making cheeses. When milk is pasteurized (heated to more than 100°F/40°C), hundreds of varieties of beneficial bacteria are killed along with the potentially harmful ones. If left alive, those good bacteria interact with the milk to provide…
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