TIP OF THE DAY: Get A Food Ring

This fancy first course is not that hard to make. Photo courtesy The Heathman | Portland, Oregon.   It isn’t hard to make fancy appetizers like the one in the photo. All you need is a food ring. It is also called a ring mold, although that term can also refer to a multi-serving container…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cold Infused Iced Tea

Tea brewed in the fridge. Photo courtesy Autocrat Natural Ingredients.   In Pursuit of Tea is a purveyor of the finest teas from Asia and India. Their monthly newsletter often has a good “tea tip.” This month, it’s about cold infused tea—the opposite of sun tea. As with sun tea, you simply add tea to…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make A Small Greek Salad

An artistic Greek salad from Stix Mediterranean Grill in New York City.   Some people love a luncheon size Greek salad. But how about as your first course? Now that beautiful tomatoes are in season, slice them up in as many ways as you can, including in a first course Greek salad. In Greece, what…
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