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Our exceptionally chocolatey and decadent brownies are best served warm, with a small amount of chocolate ganache, unsweetened vanilla heavy whipped cream and fresh berries. Ingredients: Shortening 3/4 cup unsalted butter 4 tablespoons unsweetened baking chocolate 2 tablespoons unsweetened baking dark chocolate 1 1/3 cup sugar 3 extra large eggs 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease 13x9x2 baking pan (preferably glass). In separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt, mix well and put aside. Melt butter and chocolate in large saucepan over medium-low heat. When the butter and chocolate mixture if melted, remove from heat and stir sugar into melted butter and chocolate mixture. When fully mixed, added one egg at a time to the mixture. Add the vanilla to the mixture. Slowly stir the flour mixture into the melted butter mixture. Sc

Ingredients 1 pound breakfast sausage 10 eggs 1/4 cup half-and-half 1 teaspoon seasoned salt, such as Lawry's Ground black pepper 12 flour tortillas Breakfast Potatoes, recipe follows Optional Garnishes: Grated Monterey Jack cheese Jarred jalapenos Hot sauce Breakfast Potatoes: 12 russet potatoes Canola oil, for frying Butter, for frying 1 large onion, cut into fine dice 1 green pepper, cut into fine dice 1 red pepper, cut into fine dice 1 yellow pepper, cut into fine dice Salt and ground black pepper Directions Begin by browning the breakfast sausage in a skillet over medium heat. Drain off the grease and reduce the heat to low. Crack the eggs into a bowl. Add the half-and-half, seasoned salt and some pepper, and whisk to beat the eggs lightly. With the heat still on low, pour the egg mixture over the sausage mixture. Now, with a spoon or spatula, very gently stir the mixture. Continue lightly cooking over low heat until the eggs

Master this method and you can make any number of chowders, clam, corn, fish, shellfish. If you can't tolerate dairy--no worries. Cook 2 extra potatoes until they can be pushed through a food mill along with 15.5ounces of cooked cannellini white beans puréed and added to the mixture. Thin with water or alternative milk to your desired thickness. Serves 4-6 4 6.5 ounce/184g tins of minced clams, drained liquor reserved 2 tablespoons/29g unsalted butter 1 large onion, minced (if no Allium family can be used ie onion or garlic sub bell peppers and/or fennel minced) 2 saltines or water crackers, crushed 4 medium potatoes, diced 2 cups/500ml water 2 cups/500ml half and half, milk or heavy cream salt and pepper to taste oyster crackers to garnish In a large heavy bottom sauce pan on medium heat melt the butter. Add the onion and sauté until soft (about 5 minutes) add the cracker and stir to incorporate. Add water, the milk and reserved clam liquor. Stir

Beets are packed with healthy nutrients, like five essential vitamins, calcium, iron, potassium, and protein. But they can also have some surprising side effects. BY ALYSSA JUNG FROM THE BOOK 10,001 TIMESAVING IDEAS There are multiple cancer-fighting benefits of beets. Beets contain high levels of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agents that studies show may help reduce the risk of some cancers. (Here are some other antioxidant-rich foods you should be eating .) They get their striking red color from betacyanin, a plant pigment that some preliminary research indicates might help defend cells against harmful carcinogens. Also, high levels of a unique fiber found in beets may be linked to a lower colon cancer risk. Dr. Mehmet Oz has said on sharecare.com that adding a quarter cup of beets to your daily diet could cut your kidney cancer risk. Here are some more foods that can help fight different types of cancer . Health Benefit: Beets lower risk of heart disease Beets ar

The first cocktail party was held for 50 house guests in St. Louis in 1917. The house still stands today….as the  residence of the Archbishop. While Prohibition resulted in a decline in alcohol it also resulted in a dramatic increase in crime as money flowed to the bad guys. Crime rose as high as  500%  in some countries. Consequently, government costs soared while tax revenue declined. Calling an illegal bar a ‘speakeasy’ came from a lady barkeep who would warn her customers to  “speak easy, boy, speak easy”  whenever they became loud enough to attract police. A greater crime was what it did to the cocktail. Prior to Prohibition, America was enjoying its first golden age of mixology. Once liquor became illegal, ‘rum runners” brought it in by boat but watered down their blends   so they could ship less and make more. At the same time, gin and vodka replaced rum and whiskey as cocktail ingredients because they didn’t require as much aging and were easier to make illegally. T

Article by Chef Joseph Yacino published on www.thecookscook.com. I am often asked questions about working on yachts. “How did you get started?” “What is it like?” “Is it exciting?” “Do you have fun?” “What are the challenges?” “How much do you make?” My life as a yacht chef began six years ago. I am the owner in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, of a small freelance personal chef and catering company. We’d had an inquiry from a chef for a job, and on her resume were listed numerous yacht chef jobs. I asked why she would want to leave what seemed like an exciting career and settle down. Her reply was she was not interested in full time employment, but wanted “fill in” jobs while she waited for her next charter.  I asked her many of the same questions I listed above. There are a few steps that you need to take in order to start working on charter/private yachts. Having a passion for food, a culinary degree and experience in restaurants are just the beginning. In fact, restaur