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In the spirit of the handy Dad, we focused on do-it-yourself food- and drink-making kits for this year's Father's Day Gift Guide. We found some amazing kits, from homemade bacon to a mead-making kit perfect for the Game of Thrones-watching Dad. And beer! There had to be beer. And gin. Yes, gin. If you're looking for more Pop-tastic inspiration, be sure to sift through all our Father's Day recipes and menus. You're sure to find the right recipe to honor Father.
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I always say I eat for a living, but once again I've been reminded I might be in the wrong line of work. Yesterday we met up with our informal Asian-eating/eating-Asian group for lunch in Queens and, as always, did so with no research in advance. So far they have never steered us wrong with Hunanese and Yunnanese and Sichuanese and Malaysian and Indonesian etc. They said Bukharian and we said what time? As always, I left the ordering to the experts. And as always, the real food person in this ... Quick Read |
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Louisiana: New Orleans Wine & Food Experience 2013 (May 22-25) Arizona: Flavors of Phoenix 2013 (May 23) Colorado: Colorado Corks and Cuisine (May 23) South Carolina: Ware Shoals Catfish Feastival (May 23-25) Alaska: Kodiak Crab Festival (May 23-27) Ohio: Moonshine Festival (May 23-27) Alaska: Great Alaska Craft Beer & Homebrew Festival (May 24-25) California: 27th Annual California Festival of Beers (May 24-25) California: Bootcamp for Food & Recipe Bloggers (May 24-26) Wisconsin: World's ... Quick Read |
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This month's Doable Challenge is geared toward healthy grilling using the principles of the Mediterranean diet, so this week I'm challenging you to fire up your barbecue for at least one serving of fish or seafood. You'll get heart-healthy omega-3s, high-quality, low-fat protein, and a delicious dinner that might just make you feel as if you've been transported to a sunny shore. Here are four tips to get you going: 1. Choose sturdy fish: If you're planning to cook right on the grates, choose ... Quick Read |
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On Monday it will be exactly one year since my husband and I walked down the aisle to say our "I do's." It took weeks before we came down from the excitement of the big day. It took even longer to get used to the idea that the whirlwind of planning was over and we could finally relax and enjoy married life. Now that we've had time to reflect fondly on our wedding?and everything that went into putting it together?there are some things we might have done differently. We had plenty of personal ... Quick Read |
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I always figure if Nature wanted us to eat asparagus with anything but excessive richness, She wouldn't have designed the tips to catch every bit of hollandaise/butter/sesame mayonnaise etc. But there are some nights when gilding the lily* even makes this Mrs. Sprat hesitate, and I'm someone who could eat hollandaise on foie gras. If our dinnertime protein is turkey Milanese, or trout topped with bacon, capers and sage, extra fat just makes me conjure Mr. Creosote. So I'm trying other ways to ... Quick Read |
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It's not even Memorial Day yet, but grilling fever (pronounced feeev-aahhhh, natch) has hit hard at our house. Perhaps it's a function of being a working parent, but any dinner prep method that involves practically no cleanup and gets me outside for a few precious minutes of sunlight after a day in the office is a-okay by me. Plus, we all get to blow bubbles together while we're cooking dinner. What I'd really love, of course, is some way to grill everything we consume. Cereal. Bagels. Salad. ... Quick Read |
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How do companies try to influence us to buy their products? Yesterday Yael Miller, partner at Miller Creative, a branding agency, shared some tricks of the trade. Here, Yael explains a few more strategies that point us to particular products. Can you share any trade secrets about how you make us want to buy a product?! Haha! Maybe our approach is unique -- I hope not -- but we believe in making sure packaging states things as clearly and directly as possible. There is no better way to convince ... Quick Read |
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Tom Sandham's recently released World's Best Cocktails: 500 Signature Drinks from the World's Best Bars and Bartenders is brimming with colorful drink photos and profiles of some of the best drinking establishments around. Sandham gives overviews of each base spirit, with history, brand profiles, and classic and contemporary cocktail recipes. Among the modern takes on the classic cocktail is the Matcharita pictured above, which utilizes the ground green tea of the Japanese tea ceremony in a ... Quick Read |
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We make hundreds of purchasing decisions each day, and companies are constantly looking for new ways to tempt us to pick their product of the shelf. So what goes into the design of food packaging? Yael Miller, partner at Miller Creative, a branding agency, took time away from the drafting board to clue us in. Right now I see a trend toward a "homemade" look to food packaging. What's the next Big Thing we can expect to see? The next Big Thing in packaging is a return to simple values and honesty ... Quick Read |
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