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The triangle-shaped cookies are filled with chocolate, poppy seeds, or fruit. The ones we’re sharing today are filled with dried apricots! You’d be hard pressed to find Purim festivities without some of these cookies. Make Hamantaschen Cookies for Purim Purim is not a solemn occasion. It’s a party! At a Purim celebration, the story of the Book of Esther (which rivals a soap opera in complexity) is recounted, and every time Haman’s name comes up, you are obligated to jeer, hiss, and clang your noisemakers....

While mature arugula can be almost too intense to eat raw (best for left for cooking), young baby arugula is perfect for salads, and can easily be found in markets these days. In this recipe the goat cheese mellows the pepperiness of the arugula, while the beets offer a sweet contrast to the arugula’s bitter notes. Chopped toasted walnuts add a meaty crunch to the salad. To roast beets, scrub raw beets clean, coat with a little olive oil, wrap in aluminum foil, and roast in 400°F oven for 1 to 2 hours, until fork tender ** To boil beets, scrub raw beets clean, put in small pot, cover with water, bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, cover, and cook for 45 min to an hour, until fork tender...

Every family has one, right? A sprouts-a-phobe? No? Well consider yourself blessed. I guess we’re lucky that my dad is the only one who will roll his eyes when he sees the green orbs set before him. Oddly he claims to like the Brussels sprouts recipes I’ve made for him, which makes his stated aversion seem even weirder. I know he’ll love this one too, which will make an appearance on our Thanksgiving table this year....

The realm of cocktail subscription boxes is nearly as broad as the realm of cocktails itself. Some boxes include alcohol and others don’t. Some are geared toward beginner-level cocktail makers, while others are meant for experienced home mixologists. No matter what your preference is, these top cocktail subscriptions will help deliver the joy of craft bartending right to your doorstep. Best Cocktail Subscription Boxes of 2022 Best Overall: Cocktail Courier Best for Budding Mixologists: American Cocktail Club Best for Mixers Only: Shaker & Spoon Best Variety: SaloonBox Best for One-Time Purchases: The Cocktail Box Co....

The best craft beer clubs provide beers that are difficult to get outside of that club from a variety of breweries in the styles that you most enjoy drinking. They have affordable shipping costs with flexibility in the amount and style of beer shipped and how often you receive it. Continue reading for our lineup of the best craft beer clubs. Best Craft Beer Clubs of 2022 Best Overall: The Rare Beer Club Best for Specific Beer Styles: Craft Beer Kings Best for Customization: The Original Craft Beer Club Best for Beers From a Single Region: Beer Drop Best for Gift-Giving: Beer of the Month Club...

Their grab-and-go nature combined with the professional blending of produce to ensure a delicious flavor makes these juice options the perfect addition to your home delivery lineup. Read on to find out which juice delivery service is right for you. Best Juice Delivery Services Best Overall: Pressed Juicery Best on a Budget: Juiced! Best Subscription Service: Raw Generation Best for Fitness: Raw Juicery Best for Wellness Shots: Suja ProsSix different types of green juiceMany palatable fruit juicesMembership offers price discounts ConsDelivery requires a $99 minimum purchase$15 fee for deliveryOrder processing takes up to three daysPressed Juicery is a cold-pressed juice store with 75 in-person locations in major cities throughout the U....

Olive oil is excellent for all types of cooking, including low-heat frying. It even makes citrusy cakes special. However, you only get all of olive oil’s much-touted benefits when you start with top-quality extra virgin olive oil, which is simply the juice of pressed, freshly harvested olives. Not all olive oil is created equal. All of the companies listed below offer extra virgin olive oil, which is the kind with the most distinct flavor, maximum nutrition, and highest stability for cooking (even at high temperatures—turns out the whole smoke point thing is overblown!...

Crunchy crust with plenty of cheesy bits, not to mention the-everything’s-better-with-bacon factor, will get everyone off to a cheerful start. But of course, we won’t stop you if you decide to have breakfast for supper too. There’s no heavy lifting involved here; you can have pizza from start to finish in less than 35 minutes (half of that is baking time.) Now, in terms of time expended and ensuing results, that’s what I call a good bang for your buck!...

In the case of this cauliflower chickpea curry, that ingredient is cilantro. I’ve been meaning to experiment with a curry using cauliflower and chickpeas for months. When we finally got around to it, the result was okay, but nothing special. Frustrated, I tossed a handful of chopped cilantro into what we had made—a braise of cauliflower, chickpeas, onions, curry, and tomatoes. The ingredients that minutes before had failed to inspire were now dazzling....

Unfortunately, our first two attempts were miserable failures (well, not completely, they made great punch). The problem with trying to freeze champagne, or sparkling wine, is that champagne is 13% alcohol, and alcohol doesn’t freeze, at least not at 32°F. Also, if your sorbet mixture isn’t chilled enough to begin with, it will warm up the freezer bowl of the ice cream maker and the bowl won’t be cold enough to freeze the mixture sufficiently....

This recipe makes two drinks, but you can easily double or triple it for a group of friends. What’s a Cherry Pop Cocktail? A Cherry Pop Cocktail is a refreshing combination of pureed fresh sweet cherries, piney gin, bright lemon, and a sweet almond-based syrup called Orgeat. It’s a take on the gin fizz whose ingredients include gin, lemon juice, and sugar and is topped off with carbonated water. The family of fizzes has been around since the mid-1800s—the most famous one perhaps being the Ramos Gin Fizz which includes cream and an egg white to make it thick and foamy....

In fact, this is one of those instances where you pity the fool who refuses to eat something because it doesn’t look appetizing. And then you’re secretly happy because that means there’s more for you. Chicken liver pâté is perfect for spreading over crackers or toasted thin baguette slices. And unlike so many of the pâtés we make that require a weighted terrine in a water bath, this one is easy to make and takes hardly any time....

Do you like salsa? Avocado? Cilantro? Fresh hot tortilla chips? Tortilla soup is like a soup version of my favorite enchilada, with chicken, and tortilla chips. And avocado. Video: How to Make Chicken Tortilla Soup Don’t Skip Frying the Tortillas The essential step that distinguishes tortilla soup from other Mexican soups is that you fry strips of corn tortillas in oil first, and then use the tortilla cooking oil to build the soup....

These chili beans are more mild and less fatty than most, especially if you use ground turkey instead of ground beef. Yet they are very flavorful, hearty, and filling. My mom learned this method of preparing chili beans years ago, when she was still teaching school, from a fellow teacher from Louisiana. What Are Chili Beans? Chili beans are beans cooked with a ground meat chili sauce. Chili beans are usually made with pinto beans, though you can also use kidney beans or black beans....

One of the most famous icebox cakes is written on the back of Nabisco’s Famous Chocolate Wafers box. The recipe is dead simple: whip cream to stiff peaks, then sandwich it between the wafers cookies in a loaf pan. Inspired by the original, I’ve developed a peanut butter version. Here, I layer peanut butter whipped cream, chocolate wafer cookies, and chocolate syrup. A topping of peanut butter cups adds a little texture to the cake....

Pots de crème come in a variety of flavors, from classic vanilla to salted caramel to chocolate. Traditionally, they are eaten chilled, making them the ideal make-ahead dessert. I like to serve them for special occasions, date nights, and holidays—especially for Valentine’s Day. Chocolate pot de crème takes advantage of chocolate’s rich flavor for a decadent, creamy dessert. It’s not too sweet, but very chocolate-forward. I like to top each ramekin with a spoonful of whipped cream and chocolate shavings....

One thing is required when it comes to sunny summer days: The Lobster Roll. Lobster Rolls: Classic Summer Feast New Englanders are an understated lot, and you’ll see that reflected in this classic summer feast. Just a few ingredients: large chunks of lobster, mayonnaise, and celery, stuffed into a grilled hot dog bun and eaten on a dock near water on a sparkling day! That’s the essence of summer here, with or without the dock....

This easy tortellini soup has been on heavy rotation in my kitchen lately. The list of ingredients is short, which translates into a dinner that doesn’t take a lot of brainpower to pull together (a weeknight win!); everyone in my particular household loves it unconditionally (another win!); and it makes darn good leftovers (WIN WIN WIN!). An Easy Dinner From the Pantry This recipe is a tomato-free riff on our awesome Tomato Tortellini Soup with Italian Sausage....

For many years I’ve grown lemon cucumbers, which are yellow and the size of a large lemon when ripe. They look sort of cool, but they can get seedy and they can be somewhat awkward to handle. This year I decided to plant Persian cucumbers instead, which are more delicate than the normal garden variety, and thin-skinned, perfect for salads. I hope you like cucumbers dear readers, because the summer has just begun, and already my plant is taking over the sunny corner of the garden....

Baking soda is a base (with a pH of 9.5) that reacts with acidic ingredients like vinegar, lemon juice, buttermilk, and cream of tartar to produce carbon dioxide. This is what gives quick breads and batters their rise. Potent, fast-acting baking soda is key in recipes that call for the ingredient. Otherwise, the necessary chemical reaction won’t take place and you could end up with a flat, stodgy cake....