TIP OF THE DAY: Wine In Cans

When wine in cans and boxes were first broadly available in the mid-1990s, we tried a couple and turned up our nose. At that time, we were writing about fine wine, and just didn’t find canned wines worth our focus. But American consumers flocked to canned wines. And, when “better” winemakers realized consumers liked them,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: What Is Stracciatella Cheese

The creamy filling in burrata cheese is called stracciatella (strah-chee-ah-TELL-ah). Stracciatella consists of shreds of fresh mozzarella soaked in sweet cream. Stracciatella is a soft, white, creamy buffalo (or sometimes, cow’s) milk cheese* made with straccia (little shreds) of mozzarella. It may be that most people buy burrata instead of mozzarella for the creamy stracciatella†.…
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RECIPE: Peaches & Cream Cheesecake For National Peaches & Cream Day

[1] Use fresh summer peaches to make this yummy cheesecake (photos #1, #2 and #3 © Domino Sugar). [2] Peaches are a wonderful topping with. [3] Domino’s new golden sugar is less processed and than white table sugar. [4] Off the tree, into the bowl (photo © Frog Hollow Farm). [5] Slice extra peaches for…
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