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In the cool weather we drink hot tea all day. In the warm weather, we’ve been drinking eight or so bottles of iced tea daily. A key difference: Hot tea doesn’t create landfill; bottled iced tea does. So as much as we love certain bottled teas and still enjoy them, we’ve been focusing on brewing…
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As part of a dessert course, as a “palate cleanser” between a meat course and a very sweet dessert or as a finale before after-dinner drinks, serve a small glass of fruit marinated in rum. For year-round ease, we use a mix of red and green grapes soaked in Myers’s Rum, a dark, mellow rum,…
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If you won’t be polishing off that carton of ice cream in a day or two, make your ice cream container “airtight” so that ice crystals don’t form on the surface of the ice cream. Due to temperature fluctuations or other improper storage, crystals of moisture can form, degrading the texture and the flavor. The…
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Grill up a storm, but avoid charring the food. Stainless steel grill basket from SurLaTable.com. Practice safe grilling: don’t char your meat and veggies. Charring does create carcinogens: PhIPs, HCAs and PAHs. Learn what these compounds are and why you should keep them out of your food. And check out 12 other tips for grill…
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We’re maaad for Delicieuse goat’s milk ice cream. Photo by Daniela Cuevas | THE NIBBLE. July is National Ice Cream month. That’s great news for most of us, but what about people who are lactose-intolerant? Pints of goat’s milk ice cream are a happy solution. Goat’s milk contains less lactose than cow’s milk, and can…
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