Category: Tip Of The Day

TIP OF THE DAY: The Restaurant Cheese Plate

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Fine cheese is sophisticated, luscious…and full of cholesterol and calories. That’s why passing a cheese board at the dinner table is an invitation to over-indulgence. So take a tip from top restaurants that offer a cheese plate: Serve small bites of several cheeses, plus fruit and nut condiments. Cut half-ounce servings of four different cheeses—a…
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RECIPE: Cognac Cocktail–Strip The Lemon Wedge, Save The Strips

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We love food garnishing, making each dish or drink special with tasty, edible decor (here’s a basic book to start with). A lemon or lime wedge, for example, is nothing special. But you can make it so by cutting small grooves, or channels, in the rind. To do this, you need a small tool call…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Dry Salad

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Dry salad in the serving bowl, atop a paper towel. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   Here’s a helpful tip for drying salad greens. Some people have the luxury of space for a salad spinner or a colander, two favorite salad-drying techniques. Others don’t have the space, or simply don’t own these utensils.…
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