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Entertain with tapas: Start with a good cookbook. Photo courtesy Knopf. Is there a tapas bar in your town? About 20 years ago, this style of eating from Spain—which consists of grazing on several smaller plates of food instead of an appetizer and a main course (like dim sum)—began to take hold in parts…
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Roasted piquillo chiles stuffed with tuna, crumbled Manchego cheese, capers, parsley and a touch of lemon juice. Photo courtesy DeLallo Foods. Today’s tip is an easy way to expand your culinary horizons: Try a new ingredient each month (if you’re ambitious, each week). Work it into different recipes and decide if it deserves a…
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Even six or eight people can enjoy serving themselves buffet-style. Photo by Nancy Louie | IST. In the catering and restaurant worlds, food serving styles are classified as table service or buffet service. Both styles are used in the home, as well. Many of us tend to think as the professionals do: table service…
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Our first jalapeño. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE. Do you use fresh jalapeños to spice up recipes? If so, try growing the seeds. We grew our first jalapeño plant by accident. We had grown a pot of basil on the windowsill over our kitchen sink, from a packet of free seeds. The…
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Save money by mixing your own household cleaners. Spray bottles from Liquid Fence. Readers of this blog may have picked up the fact that we’re environmentally conscious. We do what we can to minimize our carbon footprint and we look for ways to repurpose everything before tossing the bottle, jar or can into the…
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