RECIPE: Olive Oil Poached Salmon With Sunchokes & Brussels Sprouts

[1] Olive oil-poached salmon (photo © Pom Wonderful). [2] Sunchokes (Jerusalem artichokes) grow underground like potatoes, and can be cooked in the same ways (photo © Melissa’s Produce | Facebook). [3] The smaller the Brussels sprouts, the more tender (photo © Sweetgreen). [4] Crème fraîche is cultured cream like sour cream, but without the latter’s…
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FOOD FUN: Pumpkin Cocktail In A Baby Pumpkin

We’ll drink to that! Photo © American Alibi Whiskey.   If you don’t want to hollow out a dozen or more baby pumpkins to serve as vessels for this Pumpkin Patch Julep, just use a standard glass. The ingredients make a delicious seasonal cocktail and a Halloween cocktail. TIP: You can wash, dry and freeze…
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HALLOWEEN: Witch’s Fingers Breadsticks

A hostess gift for Morticia Addams? Photo courtesy ArtisanBreadInFive.com.   Halloween is a week away. Are your mummy ducks in order? Halloween is great fun for kids, but adults enjoy fun food too. These crunchy breadsticks combine the ghoulish with the delicious. You can make them as is, or add a few drops of green…
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