GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Dole Salad Kits

We loved the Southwest Salad and all the others we tasted. Find our more at Dole.com. For the times when you just want a big, healthy salad but don’t have the energy or desire to do all the slicing and chopping, this week’s Gourmet Giveaway prize is for you. Dole Salad Kits are a combination…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Color Shredded Coconut

[1] It’s easy to color coconut to make desserts more fun (photo © McCormick). [2] Shredded coconut from Gourmet Food World (photo © Gourmet Food World).   It’s easy to tint coconut for Easter cakes/cupcakes or any other holiday, using food coloring.     HOW TO COLOR SHREDDED COCONUT   Ingredients Shredded coconut Food coloring…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Salmagundi (Salad)

Start a Salmagundi Salad tradition. Photo courtesy ParmaHam.com. Looking for a new idea for entertaining? Celebrate spring with a Salmagundi Brunch. “Salmagundi“ means a heterogeneous mixture or a mixed salad of various ingredients in addition to the greens. A Cobb Salad—avocado, bacon, blue cheese and chicken—is an example of salmagundi. The word derives from the…
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FOOD TRENDS RECIPE: Grilled Bitter Greens & Blue Cheese Salad With Caraway Peach Dressing

Pairing #3 of McCormick’s 2010 Food Trends is Caraway & Bitter Greens. Caraway seeds are actually a fruit, not a seed. The caraway plant looks similar to a carrot plant, with feathery leaves and thread-like divisions. The “seeds” are small, crescent-shaped achenes (an achene is a one-seeded fruit; the seed has a thin wall, such…
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