TIP OF THE DAY: Cooking With Alcohol (Spray On The Booze)

This mini spray bottle is a good size to fill with spirits. It’s available online. Photo courtesy Tolco.   Last week we published a ham crust recipe in which Alton Brown demonstrated one of the secret ingredients: spraying the crust with Bourbon! We asked our consulting chef, Johnny Gnall, to consider how the spray-on booze…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Use An Avocado As A Bowl

Turn an avocado into a bowl for eggs. Photo courtesy Avocados From Mexico.   We love using avocados as an “edible bowl,” stuffed with salads (bean, chicken, citrus, corn, egg, rice, seafood, tuna), chili, as a shrimp cocktail bowl and as a salsa holder with a side of tortilla chips. But we hadn’t considered eggs…
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Tofu Chocolate Mousse Recipe For National Chocolate Mousse Day

[1] A chocolate mousse alternative that can be vegan (photos #1 amd #3 © House Foods). [2] Garnish the mousse with fresh berries, such as blackberries (above) or raspberries (photo © American Heritage Chocolate). [3] House Foods Soft Tofu (photo © Calorie Friend). [4] A package of organic Soft Tofu.   Allergic to eggs? Lactose…
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