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$5,000 everyday food sweepstakes

admin — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:53:27 +0000

Time is running out: our $5000 giveaway ends 10/31! What will you do with the cash? Chick here to enter today.

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creepy cocktail o’clock: spooky rum cooler

admin — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 04:50:09 +0000

Spread black sanding sugar on a saucer. Rub a lime wedge around the rim of a glass, then dip in sugar. Add ice. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice, 1 ounce light rum, 3 tablespoons simple syrup and 1/4 cup pomegranate juice. Shake, then strain into glass, leaving a little room at top. Float 1 ounce of dark rum on top. Garnish with a licorice spider (how to pics are below) tied to a stirrer (optional, of course). Boo!

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1 Loop a long string of black licorice lace around three fingers four times.

2 Remove fingers and wrap long end of lace around middle of bundle three times. Tuck loose end under last wrap and pull through to secure.

3 Cut through each end to create dangling spider legs.

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ratatouille

admin — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:52:27 +0000

The ratatouille recipe in our October issue is easy and delicious—good thing, since it yields three generous quarts of warm veggie goodness! Luckily, using it all up wasn’t a problem, even for this solo cook…

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1 All the colorful veggies, getting warm and tender.

2 I had some fun dicing the bell peppers….

3 Served over spaghetti and dusted with cheese at dinner.

4 With multi-grain bread the next day for an easy office lunch.

5 And topping a pita bread pizza later in the week.

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photos from eataly

admin — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:51:27 +0000

On Tuesday, food ed Heather Meldrom and I were lucky enough to attend an Italian wine tasting event at Eataly, the new Italian-foods super-store that Mario Batali and his partner, Joe Bastianich, recently opened in NYC. Plenty has been written about the place, and by all accounts the crowds are insane (sometimes there’s a line to get IN), so I held off on going. The place is incredible—50,000 square feet of Italian specialty foods, an espresso bar, several restaurants, a wine store and beer depot, cookware (including plenty of Mario’s orange clogs for sale), fresh fish, a meat counter, a sandwich and panini bar, a fabulous bakery, and a staggering array of beverages and condiments you’ve never seen before. There’s no indication that the crowds are thinning, either, so head over with an open schedule and calm demeanor (we had no trouble scoring a table at the pasta and pizza restaurant at 5:30pm). Here’s a little slide show that I hope captures some of what you can see and taste there.

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1 Cheeses and salumi

2 Fresh mozzarella made in-house

3 Packaged dried sausages

4 More cheeses

5 Is Italian butter better? The packaging sure is cute!

6 The meat counter, where we spied a suckling pig and whole rabbits

7 Just in case you feel like making some extraordinary roast potatoes . . .

8 The fish counter

9 Boxed Italian wine, sold in 3 liter containers. Not bad, actually.

10 Bitters

11 More bitters and Italian sodas

12 Jams, jellies, preserves.

13 A gorgeous bottle (who cares what’s inside)

14 Adorable pastille candies

15 House-made desserts.

16 The bread selection was pretty fab . . .

17 This poppy seed loaf looked divine.

18 Fresh pasta? OK!

20 How about a white truffle to go with that, a bargain at only $3400/lb!

21 Spectacular dried pastas (they better be, at $18/lb).

23 We were smitten with these giant shells.

24 The cutest canned tomatoes we’ve ever seen.

26 The scene at the espresso bar . . .

27 The fish restaurant . . .

28 The pizza and pasta restaurant . . .

29 And the wood-fired pizza ovens.

31 Great pie.

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halloween treat

admin — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:52:10 +0000

Store-bought candies make an easy filling.

Hosting a spooky gathering this Halloween? Try these dark, rich, caramel-filled doughnut holes. They’ll be a welcome bit of sweetness on a ghoulish night.

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today’s recipe: Savory French-Toast BLT

admin — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 04:50:42 +0000

This breakfast-for-dinner dish can be made in 30 minutes.

Prep: 20 minutes
Total: 30 minutes

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Jacob Kenedy on the Martha Show today!

admin — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 04:50:31 +0000

Did you watch the Martha Stewart Show this morning? If not, be sure to catch it at 2pm! We have been smitten with The Geometry of Pasta (below), a brilliant and beautiful cookbook about pasta and sauces by Caz Hildebrand and chef Jacob Kenedy (above, in the kitchen of his London restaurant, Bocca di Lupo). Today, Jacob is on the Martha Show making Baked Manicotti and Triofe Al Pesto Genovese (torpedo shaped pasta with pesto) from the book. We got the chance to sit down with Caz and Jacob before the show, stay tuned for Q&A!

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today’s recipe: Spaghetti with Pecorino and Black Pepper

admin — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 04:49:51 +0000

Grated Pecorino Romano, a hard straw-white cheese, emboldens spaghetti. Of the many varieties of pecorino, Romano is the most popular and is widely available here. It has an intense, peppery flavor — think saltier Parmesan with a kick.

Prep: 5 minutes
Total: 15 minutes

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Cocktail o’clock: hot spiked apple cider

admin — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 04:57:27 +0000

Heat 3/4 cup apple cider. Pour into a heat-proof mug along with 1 ounce spiced rum. Garnish with a slice of lemon.

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today’s recipe: Thai Beef with Chiles and Basil Over Coconut Rice

admin — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 04:50:00 +0000

Turkey, lamb, pork, or chicken would also work in this recipe in place of beef.

Prep: 15 minutes
Total: 25 minutes

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