TIP OF THE DAY: Bake Your Own Hamburger Rolls

If you’ve been invited to a Labor Day cookout, offer to bring homemade hamburger rolls. This recipe, from King Arthur Flour (which uses its King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour), has gotten a five-star review (“the best”) from just about everyone who has made it. The soft roll has a hint of sweetness and is golden-yellow…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Hasselback Potatoes

The potato recipe that wins the award for “simple and elegant” is Hasselback potatoes. Simply by making a series of deep parallel cuts along the top of the potatoes, they open into this visually arresting fan. They are also called accordion potatoes or pillbug potatoes (because the segments resemble the shell of the pillbug—yuck!). While…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Sunshine Raspberries

Double Gold raspberries, sold as Sunshine Raspberries by Driscoll’s. Photo courtesy Burpee.   Grocers have the same challenge as other retailers: how to catch the eye of consumers with something new, and get them to spend more money. Seeking to sell more to grocers, browers are always on the prowl for new produce varieties, with…
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TIP OF THE DAY: 7 Uses For Broth Or Stock

Digging in the back of the pantry, we found several cartons of beef, chicken and vegetable broth and stock stock nearing expiration. We grabbed a pencil and created this list of how to use them: Braise & Glaze. Braise meats, glaze vegetables. Any savory recipe that calls for the addition of water can probably be…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Bacon Cheese Dogs

Bacon cheese dogs, cousins to the bacon cheeseburger. Photo courtesy Kraft.   Like the hamburger, the hot dog is a sandwich: meat “sandwiched” in bread. It was invented in the U.S. in 1871, when an enterprising Coney Island sausage vendor thought to serve a Frankfurt-style sausage in a roll. The rest is history. Over time,…
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