Episode #4:How to throw an elegant cocktail party on a budget Polenta Cubes with Meditteranean Fillings, and other inexpensive “wow ‘em” items.Complexions Contemporary BalletFeatured Website: www.amateurgourmet.com Music: “Can’t Hold It Down”, Andy Sullivan. www.andysullivan.com

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If you have an electric cooktop, keep a tea kettle of cool water nearby. When you’re finished cooking, turn off the burner and set the tea kettle on it. The heat goes into the water, and not into the room.

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While I am an omnivore, I have some vegetarian and vegan clients, and I also love to make vegetarian entrees for myself. Here are a few great Vegetarian cookbooks. The Essential Vegetarian Cookbook: Your Guide to the Best Foods on EarthBy Diana Shaw © 1997 Clarkson/Potter Publishing, New York This large tome of vegetarian recipes [...]

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Getting the most out of your tomato paste: It’s so hard to get all the tomato paste out of those small cans. Next time, just open both ends of the can, and use one cut end to push the paste out. (Just be careful not to drop the top of the can into the sauce!)

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It was another bountiful day at the Inwood Farmer’s market here in Upper Manhattan today, with an abundance of tomatoes. As I predicted in last week’s entry, the attack of the LOVELY tomatoes is in full force now, and we’re starting to see an abundance of vine-ripened fruits of different varieties, along with some heirloom [...]

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Like the last entry in Food Science 101, I learned about today’s topic from the great Shirley Corriher, author of CookWise, who spoke at the USPCA National Conference in Atlanta in July. It has been commonly thought that the heat in chiles came from the veins…No, the seeds! No, the veins!! No, I think it’s [...]

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Episode 3: Squash Summer Squash Recipe: New Mexican CalabacitasFood Network’s Recipe For SuccessToday’s Website: www.seedtosupper.comFood Tip: Poached eggs Music: “Can’t Hold it Down”, Andy Sullivan. http://www.andysullivan.com

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Episode 2 of the ReMARKable Palate Podcast: Recap of TV appearance on WLIW21“What is a Personal Chef?”Food news and interesting websites

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It was a night of Sicilian cooking and Music at WLIW, channel 21, as the NY Personal Chefs answered phones to help Public Television. We were treated to the sweet Pastici of Chef Biagio Settepani of Pasticceria Bruno, as he demonstrated some of his Sicilian specialties in the studio. Chef Settepani made a classic Sicilan [...]

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Well, after a little trial and error, I just created the first episode of the ReMARKable Palate Podcast. Please have a listen and give me your feedback.

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