Category: Tip Of The Day

TIP OF THE DAY: Get Better Crackers

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The Nibble’s reigning favorite cracker. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   We’ve eaten more than our share of supermarket crackers—Carr’s Water Biscuits, Keebler Club Crackers, Nabisco Saltines, Ritz Crackers and the like. They’re good, but sometimes we want amazing. Special occasions deserve special crackers—to accompany cheese, dips, salads, soups, spreads, whatever. They may…
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TIP: 13 Ways To Use Spinach Dip Or Spread

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What do you like to do with spinach dip? Photo courtesy Vermont Creamery.   Many people enjoy spinach dip; they just don’t enjoy it often enough. Recipes vary greatly (here’s a super-rich spinach-mascarpone dip). Zabar’s, the famed food emporium in New York City, is known for its vegan spinach-arugula spread, a garlicky spinach dip variation…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Russian Iced Coffee

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[1] In a tall glass or a short one, iced coffee lovers will get a kick from this drink (photo © DeLonghi).   For years, we’ve enjoyed Black Russians and White Russians, two venerable vodka-based cocktails. The Black Russian, invented in 1949, combines vodka and coffee liqueur; the subsequent addition of cream created a White…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Don’t Boil Lobster—Grill It!

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Grill, don’t boil. Photo courtesy ILoveBlueSea.com.   David Chang is a well-known New York chef and restaurateur, founder of the Momofuku restaurant group. He wants you to enjoy lobster that’s more tender. So don’t boil the lobster, he advises in an article from GQ, which the magazine shared with us. “I’ve sent thousands of lobsters…
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TIP OF THE DAY: 5 Ways To Use Chiles

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Grilled chiles can be served plain, or in this Chiles Nogada (walnut sauce) recipe from Pom Wonderful. Photo courtesy Pom Wonderful.   In addition to shrimp on the barbie, how about some chiles? Here are 5 tips for using chiles from Chef Rick Bayless’ Frontera Grill: Jalapeño Chiles. Jalapeños are found in practically every market…
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