TIP OF THE DAY: Homemade Applesauce & Applesauce Bar

Set up an “applesauce bar” for breakfast, dessert or snacking. Photo courtesy U.S. Apple.   Mom always made applesauce from scratch. Her apple of choice was the McIntosh, and she cooked them with the peel. It generated a pretty pink color when strained through a food mill. When we first had commercial applesauce from a…
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Poke, Sashimi’s Relative From Hawaii & A Tofu Poke Bowl Recipe

[1] Classic tuna poke with avocado, scallions, and seasonings. It’s easy to make at home: Here’s the recipe (photo © Honest Cooking & Travel). [2] This salmon poke bowl is packed with shredded crab leg, tobiko roe, avocado, black, red and green seaweeds, and spinach leaves (photo © Kabuki Restaurants). [3] Fusion food: Hawaiian poke…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Hot Chocolate From Scratch

Delicious Moonstruck chocolate bars melted into milk for hot chocolate. Photo courtesy Moonstruck.   It’s below zero in quite a few areas of the country today. As we write this, in Fargo it’s 2°F, with the wind chill making it feel like -18°. In our own municipality, New York City, it’s 14°F, with a wind…
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