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Test Kitchen tips: Natural versus Dutch-process cocoa powder
Like chocolate, cocoa powder is made from cacao beans. After the beans are processed into a paste known as chocolate liqueur, some of the cocoa butter is removed and the remaining solids are pulverized into a powder. Natural (or non-alkalized) cocoa...
Tags: Baking Powder, Foods and Beverages, Chocolate Cake, Doughnuts, Salt
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Recipe: Joachim Splichal's corn latkes with smoked salmon
Total time: 40 minutes
The delicate corn latkes that Joachim Splichal serves at Patina have been on the menu since the day the doors opened. Splichal layers them with fresh marinated salmon, but smoked salmon can be the perfect replacement. They are...Tags: Whipping Cream, Chives, Baking Powder, Salt, Salmon
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Spam maker Hormel to buy Skippy peanut butter from Unilever
Lunch meat purveyor Hormel Foods is making a run at the supermarket's middle aisles, buying the Skippy peanut butter brand for about $700 million. The Austin, Minn., company, also known for its Spam canned ham, is acquiring Skippy from Unilever's U.S....
Tags: Salmonella Infection, Peanut Butter, China, Hormel Foods Corporation, Walmart
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Homemade holiday gift idea: Brown sugar shortbread
Rich brown sugar shortbread has caramel and molasses notes. This recipe makes enough dough for two pans' worth of cookies, so you can try your hand at baking them in round pans or as bars. Baked in pans, the wedge cookies will retain more moisture, giving...
Tags: Holidays, Salt, Hanukkah, Shortbread, Recipes
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Dinner tonight! Sauteed chicken with red wine vinegar sauce
The secret to this crisp but succulent chicken? High heat. After sauteing the chicken briefly in a large skillet, the chicken -- skillet and all -- is placed a 500-degree oven. Finish the dish with a pan sauce made from the drippings. A little red wine...
Tags: Tomatoes, Chives, Wines, Russ Parsons, Parsley
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Homemade holiday gift idea: Marzipan stollen recipe
Fragrant with citrus notes, dense and wonderfully sweet, many holiday traditions are not complete without at least one loaf of stollen. This recipe, from former Times Test Kitchen director Donna Deane, adds nutty marzipan to this fruit and candied zest-...
Tags: Holidays, Salt, Marzipan, Cranberries, Recipes
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Test Kitchen tips: Storing chocolate
If you happen to have a lot of chocolate lying around (and have the self-restraint not to eat it all at once), you might want to consider how to properly store it to keep it in prime shape. Store your chocolate in a cool, dry place -- we keep ours...
Tags: Vanilla, Vanilla Bean, Baking Powder, Cherries, Salt
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Test Kitchen tips: Storing and dating spices for freshness
Nothing can kill a good recipe faster than a lack of spice. Even kitchen staples such as dried herbs and spices have an expiration date and can lose their potency over time. Properly stored, spices can last a year or two at most, with whole spices...
Tags: Salt, Cinnamon, Frosting and Icing, Kosher Salt, Recipes
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Nearly 5,000 pounds of Trader Joe's chicken and rice recalled
Trader Joe’s is facing yet another recall, this time affecting nearly 5,000 pounds of its store brand Butter Chicken with Basmati Rice, which may be contaminated with listeria bacteria. The producer of the product, Canadian company Aliya’s...
Tags: Salmonella Infection, Headaches
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Test Kitchen video tip: Homemade nut butter
Nut butters -- peanut, almond, cashew, etc. -- are terribly simple to make. Grind nuts until they release their oils and are reduced to a smooth paste. And voila! You've got nut butter. All you need are nuts and a little flavoring or seasoning. You...
Tags: Peanut Butter, Honey
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Nancy Silverton and Carolynn Carreño's puff pastry tips
There are lots of little tricks that will help you make a great rough puff pastry. Here are some of the most important ones: Use European-style butter (I use Plugrá), which has a lower water content. Make sure the butter is at the right consistency...
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Holiday cookie recipe: Almond candy cane cookies
Kristen Johnson of Santa Monica was one of the 10 winners of last year's Los Angeles Times Holiday Cookie Bake-Off with almond candy cane cookies: "My mother, Wendy Johnson, had me brainwashed as a child. Chocolate cake with almond frosting for my...
Tags: Holidays, Wendy Johnson, Candy Canes, Chocolate Cake, Salt
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