Falafel lovers are in luck: We can now enjoy falafel in chip form. The new Falafel Chip line is all natural, kosher, and gluten-free; the plain chips are also available in an organic version. And yes, the chips taste just like falafel—only crunchy! They’re relatively low in sodium, too—100mg per one-ounce serving. Read the full review and snack away!
While their natural mate is hummos or baba ganoush, these chips pair perfectly with yogurt or sour cream based dips. Try them with Greek tzatziki, Indian raita or an Indian layered dip.
Make that everyday chocolate brownie sparkle with Somebody’s Mother’s White Chocolate Sauce.
Somebody’s Mother’s makes terrific chocolate sauces. In this case, Somebody’s Mother[’s] is Lynn Lasher, who, with her three teenage children, now in college or just graduated, launched the company in 2005. The three flavors—Chocolate Sauce, White Chocolate Sauce and Caramel Sauce—couldn’t be better. Even people who don’t eat things out of jars may find themselves emptying the container with a spoon.
Often we are asked why one chocolate sauce, jam, et cetera is so much better than another. The answer starts with “better ingredients” and ends with the finesse with which one puts them together—the recipe proportions. Somebody’s Mother’s has achieved perfection here. Even if you think your own homemade chocolate sauce or caramel sauce is better, you probably won’t deny that these should be on the awards podium.
The ingredients are exactly the ones you’d use at home. The chocolate sauces use heavy cream, sugar, butter and chocolate; the caramel is heavy cream, sugar and butter only. There’s some Pear William in the White Chocolate Sauce, but the eau de vie (denoting a clear fruit brandy), while adding to the complexity, isn’t obvious—kids will like it, and the White Chocolate Sauce tastes like white chocolate custard. No complaints about that! Read the full review and buy lots of this terrific, smartly-packaged dessert sauce—it makes a great, inexpensive gift, and you’re helping somebody’s mother pay college tuition for three kids.
As we begin Memorial Day Weekend, note that May is Barbecue Month and go out with a bang. We have plenty of recipes that go beyond the basic burger, to keep you well ‘qued through the end of summer. Review the basics of barbecue before you delve into the Grilling Hall of Fame (15 award-winning grill-ready recipes).More on barbecue:
Friendly’s Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie Crunch and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup ice cream.
The only thing better than ice cream is FREE ice cream. Friendly Ice Cream Corp. is bringing back its Free Ice Cream Day on June 6. Customers can score a free one-scoop dish or cone of any of Friendly’s 26 ice cream flavors between noon and 5 p.m., at participating restaurants.
Friendly‘s free ice cream promotion debuted last year, when the 505-unit chain gave away more than 300,000 cones. This year, the chain plans to promote the giveaway on the Facebook and Twitter to increase its amount of exposure.
“We want to give away as much ice cream as possible,” said Ned Lidvall, Friendly’s chief executive. “We hope that by getting the word out online, a record-breaking number of people will come in.” Thanks, Friendly’s, for doing your best to be friendly during these recessionary times.
Morton’s The Steakhouse has produced Morton’s The Cookbook: 100 Steakhouse Recipes for Every Kitchen. Now available at major bookstores, on Mortons.com and in all 81 Morton’s restaurants, the book is authored by Klaus Fritsch, co-founder and Executive Chef of Morton’s, with Morton’s Vice President of Wine & Spirits, Tylor Field III and Mary Goodbody, nationally known food writer and cookbook editor. It features more than 100 recipes, including Morton’s signature menu items and other delicious American steakhouse fare—accentuated by some international flavors inspired as the restaurant has expanded to the Pacific Rim.
Morton’s shares its wealth of information on how to cook your steak to perfection in enticing recipes such as New York Strip Roast with Three Peppercorn Sauce and Bone-in Ribeye with Rancher’s Rub. There are appetizers and classic steakhouse sides, such as Five-Onion Soup, Maine Lobster and Avocado Salad and Blue Cheese French Fries. And yes, there are recipes for those sumptuous desserts that one amazingly finds room for.
Create your own Morton’s steakhouse experience at home.
Beautifully illustrated throughout, Morton’s The Cookbook might be the Father’s Day gift you’ve been looking for, for that steak-loving dad who loves to commandeer the kitchen. You can buy it now on Amazon.com.
