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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Refrigerator cakes are easy to make and look elegant for even fancy events, but they require adequate time to chill thoroughly.
Refrigerator cake offers cool respite
A summer dessert, like the proverbial revenge, is best served cold. A refrigerator cake is the “great aunt” of such desserts — a little old-fashioned, yet exuding a bit of quiet elegance wheneve...
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Associated Press If you're leery of using raw seafood to make ceviche at home, try this version, which features cooked shrimp and crab. Serve with tortilla chips for a fun snack.
Don’t like the idea of raw seafood? You can still enjoy ceviche
Light, chilled and refreshing with a toothsome texture, ceviche is summer in a bowl. Add tortilla chips and it becomes a cross between a meal and a snack. Most people I know eat ceviche at resta...
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Associated Press Instead of mustard, relish or ketchup, try different hot dog flavors such as Greek spanakopita, Indian curry, taco and pizza.
Fresh inspiration for well-dressed dogs
Plenty of people surely will disagree, but I firmly believe that underdressed hot dogs simply aren’t worth the calories. If all you’re going to do to a hot dog is drizzle some ketchup, splurt so...
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Associated Press Sichuan pepper meatballs are made with a combination of pork and beef.
Sichuan peppercorns offer big flavor with a jolt
Any food that can make your tongue tingle has got to be worth a taste. I’m not talking a seltzer-like zippiness or even a searing chili-like heat. I mean literally tingling because your tongue i...
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Associated Press Prepared polenta can help you add the side dish to your dinner table with only a little effort.
Prepared polenta can save time at dinner
Most people consider polenta a restaurant food. That’s because as good as this creamy, cheesy Italian staple is, few of us have the hour needed to crank it out. But hidden on the grocer’s shelve...
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Associated Press Start the day off well with whole-grain apple and ham breakfast casserole, which features whole grains, protein and fruit.
Heading back to school calls for a healthy start
When the kids are heading back to school, one of the best things you can do is start them off with a healthy breakfast. But we know that sometimes the chaos of trying to get them out the door in...
Aug 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Pair homemade cookies with various flavors of sherbert for an easy summertime treat.
Ice cream treats you can make at home
Few treats say — or perhaps scream — summer quite the way ice cream does. And frankly, it’s hard to improve on a giant, creamy, chilly bowlful. But we figured we’d try, anyway, because sometimes...
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Associated Press Peanut butter s'mores bars have the taste of the campfire treat with the texture and portability of puffed rice treats.
After-school snack blends best of s’mores, puffed rice treats
School often starts when kids still have summer on the brain. So these easy-to-make bars have summer in mind, too. We aimed for a simple snack with the flavor of s’mores, but with the texture, e...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Cookbook author Delia Smith's Eton mess is made with purchased meringues to save time.
Whimsical trifles fit for Olympic appetites
A trifle in England is not a novelty. Nor is a drunken fool, Bedfordshire clanger or spotted dick. They are, though, a few of England’s legendary pies and puddings. Flip through English cookbook...
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Associated Press Skillet blueberry muffin pancakes may resemble traditional flapjacks, but the taste is dense and cake-like rather than light and fluffy.
Breakfast food fusion
What do you do when you are hankering for blueberry muffins, but don’t have a muffin pan handy? Or maybe you just don’t feel like cranking up the oven on a hot summer day. During a recent vacati...
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