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Task of the week: Find two new uses for mustard. Photo courtesy Anton Kozlik’s Mustards. Flavored mustards can transform a dish, adding intense notes of basil, lemon, tarragon and even Roquefort to sandwiches, potato, tuna and egg salads, vinaigrettes, dips, meats, vegetables and more. Think of classic Dijon as “basic vanilla” and start to expand…
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How much do we know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families? Though our food appears the same as it did to our grandparents—a tomato still looks like a tomato—it has been radically transformed, and not for the better. See for yourself in the eye-opening documentary, Food, Inc.,…
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[1] Checking the quality of an aging wheel of Parmigiano-Reggiano (all photos © Parmigiano-Reggiano Consorzio). [2] Aged Parmigiano-Reggiano is an elegant pairing with the finest red wines. October 27th is National Parmigiano-Reggiano Day. It deserves a celebration: It’s more than 900 years old (and extremely delicious)! The annual holiday honors the “King of Cheeses,”…
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Rice with saffron, scallion and sausage bits. Photo courtesy National Pork Board. You can serve rice a different way each day of the month and never run out of ideas. Think of it this way: on Mondays mix a different fresh herb into the rice. On Tuesdays cook it in a different tea, or add…
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Do you really want an Easter basket with jelly beans, marshmallow eggs and a chocolate bunny? Or would you rather have confections from a fine chocolatier who thinks outside the basket? The answer may be “both”; but order early if you want to acquire these beautiful pieces of edible art from Bond Street Chocolate. They…
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