Food
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When to salt meat, eggs, vegetables and other foods in cooking
Jul 31, 2024 6:00 am - For an ingredient with such a small footprint, there is a whole lot of ground to cover when it comes to salt. How much to use? What type? Should you even use salt at all?
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For cool cocktails on demand, turn to your freezer
Jul 30, 2024 6:45 am - Ripe, peak-season watermelon is one of the best things about summer, and here it takes the leading role in a slushy cocktail.
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Halloumi-nectarine skewers bring bursts of flavor with each bite
Jul 29, 2024 1:06 pm - These skewers of juicy nectarines, red onion and halloumi cheese are grilled and then slathered with a cilantro-mint chimichurri that gets its sweet-spicy kick from honey and serrano pepper.
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Chickpea quinoa cakes are like a grain salad in crispy-patty form
Jul 24, 2024 2:31 pm - These crispy-edged cakes — like a grain salad in patty form — are light and tasty on their own, and outstanding with spicy, creamy pumpkin seed salsa on top.
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A bean salad without the added sugar still a sweet treatJul 23, 2024 4:00 pm - Don Mauer puts his no-added-sugar spin on the summer classic: the three-bean salad. Here, he uses stevia to create that memorable sweet flavor.
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Getting Bizzy with veggies: Three summer dishes put spotlight on properly cooked and versatile vegetablesJul 23, 2024 1:25 pm - If you only ate boiled vegetables as a kid and think you don’t like them, think again. Properly cooked vegetables star in these three summer meals.
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This $16 bold sauvignon blanc is full of fruit and spice
Jul 23, 2024 6:23 am - A soft, comforting grüner veltliner from Austria and a strong, spicy sauvignon blanc from New Zealand highlight this week’s wines. We also have an intriguing, unusual red from Italy’s prolific Piccini winery.
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It’s too darn hot. Only ice cream floats make it bearable.
Jul 23, 2024 6:23 am - A recipe for an ice cream float is a formality — its measurements meant as a safety net so that even the most nervous may let their imaginations run wild.
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How to use a bunch of basil and think beyond pesto
Jul 23, 2024 6:23 am - Fresh basil is showing up in gardens and farmers markets. Here are some ways to make the most of it.
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Barley gets a summer look in this vegetable-loaded black bean salad
Jul 22, 2024 12:09 pm - This barley and black bean salad shows that the humble grain can shine in more than soup. Like other grains, it’s ideal cooked and chilled in salads, too — tender and mildly nutty, with a delightful chew.