Homemade Baked Beans Recipe With Optional Bacon Or Franks
Forget canned baked beans,so one-dimensional and sugary. Instead, check out this homemade baked beans recipe with optional franks or bacon.
Category: The Nibble
TIP OF THE DAY: DIY Crostini Bar
If you’re going to kick back this weekend with friends and some lovely libations, or have a group over for brunch, you may need a snack idea. Here it is: DIY Crostini. The crunchy little toasts are great with wine or beer, and a fun food when people add their own toppings. Set out all…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Heirloom Tomato Salads: Russian-Style & Mediterranean-Style
Today’s tip showcases luscious summer heirloom tomatoes in two salads. Both are European-inspired, both are made without lettuce or other leafy greens. RECIPE #1: RUSSIAN TOMATO & CUCUMBER SALAD Our Russian grandmother used a lot of sour cream, dill and scallions: as salad dressing, in borscht, on boiled potatoes and as a general…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Rambutan, Asian Fruit
[1] A bowl of rambutans, with some pieces peeled to reveal the white fruit inside (photo © HLB Specialties). [2] Rambutans ripening on the tree. The “haze” around the red fruits are green “hairs,” which have not yet ripened to red (photo © Bonayon). [3] A cluster of rambutans cut from the tree. They grow…
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FOOD 101: Rum Facts For National Rum Day
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum: August 16th is National Rum Day. (Here’s the pirate song, inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island.) Many thanks to Pat Croce’s Rum Barrel sports bar and grill in Key West (now closed, alas) for much of this information. WHAT IS RUM? Everyone who knows the word…
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