TIP OF THE DAY: 12 Delicious Ways To Use Grapes

Grilled fish with grape relish. Photo courtesy California Table Grape Commission.   Grapes are an easily portable snack and energy food, high in fiber, potassium and vitamin C. Composed 80% of water, they’re also a help with hydration. Yet beyond snacking, versatile, popular grapes demand to be incorporated into recipes. What kind of grapes? Many…
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What Is Quark Cheese? A Creamy, Slightly Tart Fresh Cheese

[1] Quark can be eaten like yogurt or used as a bread spread and in recipes (photo © Vermont Creamery). [2] Pancakes with savory garnish: Quark cheese and marinated cherry tomatoes. Here’s the recipe (photos #2, #4, #5, and #8 © Wisconsin Cheese). [3] American style, creamy quark from Vermont Creamery (photo by Claire Freierman…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Try Whole Wheat Flour For Baking

Snack on raisin walnut bread made with the more nutritious whole wheat flour. Photo courtesy U.S. Apple Association.   For some reason, a lot of people don’t like the idea of whole wheat. They think that refined white flour tastes better. But whole wheat is more flavorful in a good way—not to mention much more…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Exciting Vegan Sushi Ideas

Pickle Me: a recipe with six grain rice, avocado, carrot, gobo, and pickled daikon. Photo courtesy Beyond Sushi.   In our book, to say you were a contestant on the Gordon Ramsay bleepfest TV show, Hell’s Kitchen, is not a status credential. The majority of cheftestants, who can curse expertly but can’t consistently cook a…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Use Your Kitchen Scissors

Pizza scissors. You can use regular kitchen scissors to cut your pizza. Photo courtesy Sur La Table.   We saw these pizza scissors and thought: Hmm. If we were stuck for a gift for a pizza enthusiast, we might consider them. But most kitchens don’t need—much less have room for—single-purpose gadgets such as pizza scissors,…
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