TIP OF THE DAY: Turn Use Single-Purpose Appliances Into Multi-Purpose Appliances

One of our friends won’t buy any appliance or gadget that has a single use. As a result, she has no bread maker, no fondue pot, no waffle iron. We emailed her this article from Caifornia-based writer Katie Waldek. She has figured out how to make those single-purpose appliance into multi-purpose ones: Bread Maker. Think…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cream Of Chestnut Soup & Other Chestnut Recipes

Cream of chestnut soup is just one delicious way to enjoy roasted chestnuts. Photo © Evegny B | Fotolia.   When the air becomes crisp and the autumn leaves rustle, the aroma of roasting chestnuts fills the air. Served up by street vendors in our town, this is old-time comfort food. In addition to snacking…
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TIP OF THE DAY: “Zig-Zag” Baked Potatoes

Do you like to get creative with food design? Bring fun to the dining table? Next time you bake a potato, zig-zag the cut edges. We baked the potato, then sliced it across the top and used a kitchen scissors to create the zigzag effect. There’s no wasted food: We added the cut-out portion, along…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Eliminate Microwave Spatter & An Excellent Gourmet Pasta Sauce

No need to spatter sauce all over the microwave. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   To save cleaning a saucepan, we often microwave sauces in the bottle or jar. Dessert sauces are thick and don’t spatter. But pasta sauces can create microwave spatters that take more time to clean than the saucepan. Here’s…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Colorful Halloween Cheese

Basirion Rosso, a Gouda flavored with tomato pesto. Photo courtesy iGourmet.com.   Basiron Pesto Rosso. Cahill’s Farm Flavored Irish Cheddar. English Cheddar With Harissa. Extra Triple Aged Gouda. Huntsman Cheese. Mimolette. Pecorino With Chile Flakes. Saxonshire Cheese: What do these cheeses have in common? They all are visually on point for a Halloween cheese plate.…
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