TIP OF THE DAY: Try A Tagine

A tagine (tah-ZHEEN) is a Moroccan stew of vegetables with meat, poultry, fish or seafood. More specifically, it’s a Berber dish from North Africa that is named after the type of earthenware pot in which it is cooked, originally over coals. (A similar dish, tavvas, is made in Cyprus.) There are traditional clay tagines, some…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Blue & Purple Potatoes

The All Blue variety of blue potatoes. Potatoes can be blue or purple, depending on the soil in which they are grown. Photo courtesy Burpee.com.   Naturally blue and purple foods are relatively rare. Blue Foods. In the blue group are blackberries, blueberries, blue cheese, blue corn, Concord grapes, pale blue oyster mushrooms and edible…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Frisée Salad With Lardons (Salade Frisée Aux Lardons)

One of our favorite salad greens, not served often enough in the U.S., is frisée (free-ZAY), curly endive that’s a member of the chicory family. In France, it is formally known as chicorée frisée. (See the different types of endive.) There are many ways to serve a salade frisée, but a universal favorite is frisée…
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FOOD FUN: Rainbow Baby Carrots

Baby carrots are hot sellers. But how much hotter can they get than these rainbow baby carrots? Carrots—standard size and baby—are available in six different colors: the familiar deep orange plus burgundy red, deep purple, tangerine (light orange), yellow and white. They’re a delicious way to add color and crunch to appetizers, salads and entrées.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: 4 Ways To Stretch Potatoes With Veggies

[1] How to eat more veggies? Just add them to potato dishes. It couldn’t be easier (photo © Betty Crocker). [2] Colcannon, a mash of potatoes and kale. Here’s the recipe (photo © Elise Bauer | Simply Recipes). [3] A blend of mashed potatoes and mashed cauliflower, garnished with tarragon. Here’s the recipe (photo ©…
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