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Wednesday, June 20, 2001
Outside the box
Food tips
Green vegetables
When boiling green vegetables - like green beans, asparagus or kale - always add them to a pot of rapidly boiling salted water, and cook them uncovered. Following these steps preserves their wonderful jade color. If they are cooked covered, or started in cold water and then boiled, they will turn a shade of olive.
Easy rolling
Pie and tart doughs are easier to roll and shrink less when baked, if they are made a day ahead and refrigerated.
Better potato salads
Choose smooth-skinned waxy potatoes, like a red bliss, when making potato salad. These potatoes hold their shape when cooked vs. baking varieties, which always break up. If you want to leave the skins on the potato - a healthy and pretty choice with ruby-skinned types - always cut the potato before boiling or steaming. A potato’s skin will slip off if cooked whole and then cut.
VEGAN VS. VEGETARIAN
BALTIMORE - Ever wonder whether wine is vegetarian? Where one can find vegan marshmallows? Why vegans don't drink milk or eat eggs?
The answers, along with those to several hundred other questions, have been gathered in a new book offered by The Vegetarian Resource Group.
"Vegan & Vegetarian FAQ: Answers to Your Frequently Asked Questions" ($15, free shipping) may be ordered by mail from The Vegetarian Resource Group, PO Box 1463, Baltimore, MD 21203; or by phone from (410) 366-8343.
On the Net:
FREE RECIPE BOOKLETS
Two booklets with recipes and tips are available:
"Dude Food" with ideas for using Worcestershire sauce. Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to French's Worcestershire Sauce/Dude Food, 411 Park St., Upper Montclair, NJ 07043.
"A Menu That's Tops for Taste" with ideas for using french-fried onions. Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to French's Tops For Taste Booklet Offer, 411 Park St., Upper Montclair, NJ 07043. www.vrg.org.
READING FOR THE COOK
NEW YORK - Recent single-subject books that may focus on one of your favorite foods include:
"Sushi Made Easy" (Sterling, $12.95 paperback), by Michele Gomes, Noel Cottrell and Dirk Pieters.
"Sashimi" (Periplus, $18.95) by Hideo Dekura.
'The Great Potato Book' (Ten Speed Press, $15.95 paperback) by Florence Fabricant.
WEB SITE OF THE DAY
www.thefoodstores.com/merchant/html/recipes.htm
Celebrate the season of apricots with these simple recipes for apricot pie and apricot wheat bread. Asparagus lovers also are enjoying low prices at supermarkets and can dive into menus that feature recipes for baked asparagus and asparagus with shrimp and pasta.
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