With so much emphasis on what goes on the grill, what to serve for dessert for Memorial Day Barbecue can be a challenge to anyone who wants to venture beyond the ready-made stuff?
A slice of this quick-and-easy-to-make peanut butter cup and pretzel terrine, courtesy of Real Simple Magazine will be a cooling crowd-pleaser. Sweet and savory, [...]
“V is for Velvet: Red Velvet Cupcakes Recipe”
BY SARAH IP
Just in time for Valentine’s Day – some rich red velvet cupcakes to spark a smile on your sweetie’s face. I took a cue from Paula Deen.
Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Recipe Courtesy Paula Deen, 2007
Cook Time: 20 min
Prep: 20 min
Total: 40 min
Level: Easy
Yield: 24 [...]
Here’s a great cocktail recipe for igniting your Valentine’s weekend passion, courtesy of Uncle Jack’s Steakhouse, NYC.
Two Lovers Cocktail
A passion fruit martini lying in wait on a bed of Pama pomegranate liqueur.
The drinker plays the role of Cupid and brings these Two Lovers together.
In a shaker
1 1/2oz Absolut Vodka
1/2oz [...]
Francine Segan, acclaimed food historian, James Beard nominated cookbook author and US Spokesperson for Dolce Italia, Italy’s Confectioners Association reveals her favorite Valentine’s Day dessert pairings in the SenseofWine 2010 Q & A below.
-1- What is your favorite Valentine’s Day wine pairing? We’re interested in both savory and sweet.
Asti-Spumante is my one-and-only-true-love Valentine’s [...]
Super Bowl 44 Recipe Round-up
BY BETH KAISERMAN
Even if you don’t care about this year’s Super Bowl match-up, good eats are a must for pretending you do. So whether you’re painting your face to support the Colts or Saints, or you’re only there for the commercials, you should serve some food that scores a major touchdown.
[...]
Yields 10 individual servings
INGREDIENTS:
26 each large eggs
2 1/4 cups granulated sugar
2 1/4 quarts heavy cream
3 each vanilla beans, split and scraped
METHOD:
Heat cream and vanilla bean seeds. Bring cream mixture to 158 degrees F, and cover with plastic wrap. Set aside. Combine yolks and sugar together until well blended. Add warm liquid to the egg [...]
Written and Demonstrated by Chef Enrico Cerea of Da Vittorio Relais & Chateaux at the International Day of Italian Cuisines at Italian Culinary Academy, New York City.
Translated from the Italian by Elena Mancini
Baccala’ carpaccio:
100 gr. Filleted baccala’
Roll the fillets of baccala’ into the shape of a cylinder. Wrap the roll in [...]
Wow your Thanksgiving guests with this elegant bundt cake that celebrates sophisticated flavors of autumn. The recipe will be featured in Chrysta Wilson and Amy Reiley’s upcoming book, Kiss My Bundt and is a Bon Appétit Blog Envy Bake-Off Contestant.
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Candy corn and Kit Kat bars are great, but for dental health’s sake, let’s keep in mind that there are other ways to embrace the spooky spirits that won’t line the dental industry’s coffers and are a little more gourmet-tasting as well:
Whether you’re hosting Halloween dinner or just want to have healthy, bite-size alternative available for the [...]
“Beyond Chianti – Celebrating new Italian wines at Cellar 58″
Italian wine events news by ELENA MANCINI
Cellar 58
58 Second Ave, East Village
212-420-1300
Embark on a path to Italian wine enlightenment with award-winning Umbrian chef, Andrea Tiberi, whose latest venture is the opening of East Village wine bar, Cellar 58.
At Cellar 58, Tiberi will share his recommendations [...]
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