Dijon Potato Salad Recipe With Bacon, Watercress & Green Beans

[1] Delicious warm potato salad with bacon, watercress, green beans, and a Dijon vinaigrette (photos #1 and #3 © Colavita) . [2] You can find baby, or creamer, potatoes, in three colors: yellow, red and purple (photo © Melissa’s). [3] Roast the bacon until crisp, then dice. Roasting the bacon cuts down on smell and…
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St. Patrick’s Day Recipe: Green Pesto Cream Cheese Spread For Bagels & More

We have plenty of St. Patrick’s Day recipes, but here’s a new one to start your day: Green Pesto Cream Cheese & Bagels. Yes, some places will be selling plain green bagels for St. Patrick’s Day. But if want your favorite bagel topping—poppyseed, sesame, everything, whatever—it couldn’t be simpler to make a St. Pat’s bagel…
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Adagio Irish Stout Tea, A Limited Edition For St. Patrick’s Day

[1] Adagio’s limited-edition Irish Stout tea (all photos © Adagio Teas). [2] Drink it hot or iced, black, with milk and sugar…and perhaps some whipped cream! [3] Paper infuser bags for loose tea. Get them here.   The Irish now drink more tea per capita than any other nation in the world—between six and seven…
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FOOD FUN: Green Beer For St. Patrick’s Day

Green beer has a reputation as cheap stuff, served in pitchers. After all, why color a good beer green? Well: Green food color is flavorless and odorless. So you can color any beer—even fine craft brews—if you want to. For some St. Patrick’s Day fun, that’s just what we’re going to have with, with our…
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RECIPE: Irish Nacho Bites For St. Patrick’s Day

[1] Irish-style potato nachos (photo © Irish Potato Commission). [2] Clockwise: horseradish root, prepared horseradish (made with vinegar and salt) and grated horseradish (photo © Microplane).   Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day? If you’d like a special bite to serve with beer and Irish whiskey, try these Irish-Style Potato Nachos. This recipe was created by Patterson…
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