Category: Tip Of The Day

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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TIP OF THE DAY: Pick Up A Food History Book

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Ever wonder where our foods came from? Fascinated by facts? The tomato originated in Peru as a yellow cherry tomato, and was brought back to Europe by the Conquistadors. But Europeans refused to eat it, thinking it was poisonous, so it was used as an ornamental houseplant for centuries until a famine drove desperate peasants…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Farmed Vs. Wild Salmon

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Like salmon? Millions of Americans are fans of the firm, orange-fleshed fish—so much so that most of the salmon at food stores and restaurants is farmed to meet demand. While fish farming provides a plentiful supply, it comes with issues: toxins in the fish and damage to the environment, among other concerns. Take a look…
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