Category: Tip Of The Day

TIP OF THE DAY: Customize Bloody Mary Drinks With A Bloody Mary Bar

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The Bloody Mary is one of the most popular drinks in America (some studies put it at the top of the list). No wonder innovative Chef Geoffrey Zakarian of The National in New York City decided to take the standard up a notch. At The National, a “Bloody Mary specialist” wheels the “Bloody Mary cart”…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Have A New York Egg Cream

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[1] The glass is contemporary, but the egg cream ingredients are classic. The recipe is (photo © Linda Schirmbeck | Fotolia). [2] With a soda syphon, you can get a bubbly head on your egg cream (photo © Make Your Own Soda). [2] Like mint? Try this chocolate mint egg cream recipe (photos #2 and…
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TIP OF THE DAY: A Cocktail Or Dessert Of Champagne & Sorbet

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Add the right fruit sorbet to the right sparkling wine: delicious! (photo © Domaine Chandon).   September is California Wine Month. The first sustained California vineyard was planted in 1779 by Franciscan missionaries, at Mission San Juan Capistrano (in southern California, halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego). The first documented imported vines (from Europe)…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Have A Cake Decorating Party

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You won’t believe how easy it is to decorate this cake, using products by Duff Goldman for Gartner Studios. Photo courtesy Gartner Studios.   Our cake design (not the one in the photo—more about that below) recently “took the cake.” It was selected as the winner of a cake decorating contest by Duff Goldman, the…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Know Your Chicken Parts & Make A New Recipe For National Chicken Month

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You can buy cubed chicken for kebabs and stir-frys, or you can cut them yourself from boneless breasts. Photo by G. Vision | SXC.   Do you know the difference between a boneless chicken breast and a cutlet? A broiler and a roaster? Chicken nuggets versus chicken popcorn? A reader recently asked us to create…
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