TIP OF THE DAY: Kiss My Cheesy Grits

[1] Enjoy cheesy grits or plain grits for breakfast, lunch or dinner (photo © Anson Mills). [2] Grits are made from both white and yellow corn (photo © Anson Mills).   If your only exposure to hot cereal is instant packages of oatmeal, you’re depriving yourself of a real treat. For us, Cream Of Wheat,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Freezing Cheeses

Buy eat, eat it, freeze the leftovers. Photo courtesy iGourmet.com. Common belief is that you shouldn’t freeze cheese. Freezing can change the texture, making many cheeses grainy or crumbly. That’s because of the water content of cheese. It turns to ice and breaks apart the curds. But you definitely can freeze cheese. If the choice…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Check If Fish Is Cooked

Yesterday we suggested that you roast fish more often and included an easy recipe. The only difficult part of roasting fish is determining when it’s done. A key reason some people don’t like fish is because they grew up with overcooked, dry, “fishy” fish. While each recipe has time guidelines, it requires some experimentation with…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Try A Roasted Fish Recipe—It’s Easy!

Roast salmon atop sauteed spinach and mushrooms in a lemon butter caper sauce. Photo courtesy Restaurant i at the Charles Hotel, New York City. Too many people shy away from cooking fish because they feel it’s difficult. That’s a myth: It’s easy to cook healthy and delicious fish fillets, steaks and even whole fish. (Whether…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make A Cheese Fondue Recipe

Call friends over for a fondue party. Photo courtesy Emmi Roth Käse. February is National Fondue Month, a fun food to celebrate and a reason for a casual dinner party. There are three traditional types of fondue: beef, cheese and chocolate. Beef fondue consists of cubes of meat dipped into hot oil to cook and…
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