Category: Tip Of The Day

TIP OF THE DAY: Caviar “Cigar” First Course

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A simple-to-make, impressive first course is a smoked salmon roll filled with salmon caviar and crème fraîche. Ask the counter person to slice the salmon in wide pieces instead of narrow strips—explain that you’re going to fill the slices and roll them up like a cigar. 1. Spread the inside of each slice with crème…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Spiced Hot Chocolate

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Enjoy this yummy hot chocolate recipe, courtesy of top chocolatier Larry Burdick. Per serving: 1. Mix 1.5 cups milk, 2 heaping teaspoons of top quality cocoa powder, 1/4 cup of ground dark chocolate with 60% or higher cacao content (chop and grind a good dark chocolate bar in a spice mill or a food processor)…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Storing Chocolate

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Fine chocolate is far too sensitive to be stored in a refrigerator: It absorbs odors and reacts to changes in temperature. Moving from cold to warm and back again can cause chocolate to develop a grayish-white “bloom” on the surface (that’s the cocoa butter separating out from the chocolate). It still tastes fine, but it…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Use Oil & Vinegar Flavor Boosters

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Don’t save your infused oils only for salads. Use them in marinades, as basting oils, and as anointing oils. Drizzle them on cooked fish, poultry, meats, and vegetables, including potatoes. It’s fun to have a variety of flavored oils to work with—garlic, basil, rosemary, wasabi, lemon, and jalapeño oils, for example. Since oils begin to…
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