TIP OF THE DAY: Make A Truly Special Salad

What is a salad? According to the Random House Dictionary, it’s: 1. A usually cold dish consisting of vegetables, such as lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers, covered with a dressing and sometimes containing seafood, meat or eggs. 2. Any of various dishes consisting of foods, such as meat, seafood, eggs, pasta or fruit, prepared singly or…
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FOOD VIDEO: How To Carve A Pumpkin

  Halloween is just around the corner, and this week’s video features tips on how to carve a festive pumpkin. Design and lifestyle expert Bruce Littlefield shares step by step tips on the best way to carve the top, using stencils and more. After you’ve scooped out the flesh and seeds of your pumpkin, why…
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RECIPES: Radicchio

We love the rich color that burgundy-and-white radicchio gives to a salad. But it can do so much more! We’ve got recipes for Bruschetta With Radicchio di Treviso Tapenade, Mushroom Risotto In Radicchio Wrap, Radicchio Pizza and more. Radicchio—Italian red-leaf chicory—is a healthy food: It’s very high in antioxidants and full of vitamins A and…
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COOKING VIDEO: Turkey Salad With Celery Root & Apple Recipe

  EDITOR’S NOTE: The producer of this video has decided to remove it from circulation. It finally feels like fall: our local farmers market is full of our favorite Honeycrisp apples. For a dynamic duo of flavor and crunch, pair crunchy apples with crunchy celery root, also known as celeriac (and céleri in French). Celery…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Jazz Up The Crudités With Red Celery

Savvy party-givers always provide some low-calorie snacks. A platter or basket of crudités (croo-dih-TAY, French for raw vegetables) attracts dieters, vegetarians, the generally health-conscious and those who are reminded that they should be eating more veggies. While there’s nothing wrong with the standard repertoire of baby carrots, cherry tomatoes, celery sticks and broccoli florets, you…
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