TIP OF THE DAY: Raw Scallops

Scallops and salmon caviar, by chef Anita Lo. The garnish: sliced radishes, pea purée, crispy fish skin and torn basil leaves. Photo by Noah Fecks | Annisa NYC.   We’re surprised that we don’t find raw scallops at more American sushi bars (they’re called hotate-gai in Japanese). Bay scallops or sea scallops, nigiri (on a…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Eat Less Red Meat

People who love red meat tend to like large amounts of it. A one-pound strip steak? Sure, that’s a “normal portion,” just like a pint of ice cream. You can cut back on the ounces by enjoying your steak in a taco or on a salad. A few slices equal the three-ounce portions that nutritionists…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Buy Peaches

Summerset peaches. Photo courtesy Frog Hollow Farm.   This tip is from Pearl Driver, the marketing director at Frog Hollow Farm in Brentwood, California (in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area) and Farmer Al Courchesne, a co-owner and farmer-in-chief. “Before I started working with Frog Hollow Farm,” says Pearl, I would…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Caramelized Onion Dip

We grew up making Lipton’s California Dip: a package of Lipton Onion Soup Mix combined with a pint of sour cream. It was simple and soul-satisfying, a party standard with potato chips and pretzels (and later, crudités, pita chips and other chips). The recipe appeared in 1954, two years after the Lipton soup mix hit…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cheese Plate With Bacon

A cheese course with bacon. Photo courtesy Castello.   Thanks to Castello, a Danish producer of classic cheeses, for this cheese plate inspiration. The cheese is sliced into thin, carpaccio*-like slivers. For the cheese course, Castello used its Castello Alps Selection Classic, an Alpine-style cheese (the category of semifirm cheeses that includes Appenzeller, Gruyère, Raclette…
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