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[1] Shallot vinaigrette, a French classic, shown with Dutch yellow shallots. The recipe is below (photo © Good Eggs). [2] Shallot bulbs have individual cloves, which are peeled and sliced like garlic bulbs (photo © Burpee). [3] Mignonette sauce for oysters is shallot vinaigrette without the oil (photo © Whole Foods Market). [4] French red…
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TOP: You can sauté greens in 2-4 minutes, with some onion, garlic and olive oil. What looks like red-tipped green onions are red spring onions, a close relative (see the differences below). The green garlic tops and bottoms have been minced. BOTTOM: Green garlic, available in the spring, looks like scallions (but you won’t be…
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Beet and Sweet Potato Galette from Vermont Creamery. Shoo the winter blues away with a colorful galette. In the pastry world, a galette is a rustic, open-face pie, made without a pie pan. It is flat, with a turned-up crust that wraps around the filling to create a “dough pan.” It can be round,…
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If you have kids and like to make special treats for them, head to HungryHappenings.com and sign up for the emails. Even if you don’t make them, you’ll enjoy the creative ideas. Here’s one that adults can enjoy, too: French fries shaped like footballs. The Football Fries recipe is on the Hungry Happenings website. If…
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February 2nd is National Tater Tot® Day. Chefs nationwide have been putting their own twists on this American comfort food. At The Eddy in New York City, the potato is blended with bacon prior to frying. The tots are served in a pool of mustard sauce, topped with pickled mustard seed and English pea purée…
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