Category: Tip Of The Day

TIP OF THE DAY: Cupcake Surprise

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Our Cupcake Surprise is decorated with Guittard’s colored white chocolate morsels. Photo by Corey Lugg | THE NIBBLE. Today is National Cupcake Day, so enjoy a cupcake—in fact, make some with a chocolate “surprise.” 1. Make your favorite cupcake recipe (we love Sprinkles cupcake mixes). 2. Fill the cupcake liner halfway with batter. 3. Insert…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Holiday Marys

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Serve a variety of Marys at your holiday party with a different garnish for each: scallions, celery, fennel or carrots. Photo by S. Mario | Fotolia. When planning a holiday cocktail party, consider a Bloody Mary bar with everything from Virgin Marys to variations like: The Bloody Bull, with beef bouillon The Blood Mariner, with…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Deck The Table

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This tree can be eaten after the holidays. Photo courtesy of MiniatureChristmasTrees.com. Pretty topiary “Christmas trees” made of rosemary, a foot high or slightly taller, are available at florist shops and Christmas tree lots. (The one in the photo stands 18″ tall, including the festive base.) Use them to decorate tables and add fragrance to…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Glamorous Garnishing, Up Your Game In Food Garnishes

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A bowl of tomato soup garnished with crab-meat, fresh basil, shredded Grana Padano cheese and snipped chives (photo © Wisconsin Dairy)..   Remember when a garnish meant parsley? Today, part of the creativity in cooking is the choice of edible garniture. Just a bit of glamorous garnishing makes any plate look better. Try whole or…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cranberry Royale Cocktail

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Along with all of the wine recommendations below, here’s our favorite holiday apéritif, a version of a Kir Royale (Champagne with framboise—raspberry liqueur). Instead, serve Cranberry Royales as an apéritif this holiday season, a combination of cranberry liqueur and any sparkling wine. 1. First pour the cranberry liqueur into a Champagne flute—an inch or more,…
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