Fruit makes for great salsa
Fruit makes a great basis for salsas (after all, tomato is a fruit). Make your own salsa using seasonal fruits, such as watermelon, peaches or plums.
Kitchen scale offers professional results
A kitchen scale is ideal for getting professional-level baking results - and it's just plain handy for measuring all sorts of foods that can't easily be jammed into measuring cups, as anyone who has tried to isolate one cup of grapes knows.
The Info model from Ikea can be used with or without the bowl, and the scale can be reset to zero with the bowl in place so you can accurately weigh anything. Maximum load: 6 pounds, 10 ounces (3 kilograms). In the kitchen department of Ikea for $7.99.
Wine of the week is a sweet Riesling
This lightly sweet, low-alcohol (8.5 percent) German riesling from Mosel-Saar-Ruwer is ideal for casual summertime quaffing.
Its acidity balances out the sugar so that there's nothing cloying about it. It boasts lively and penetrating flavors of honey, apples, peaches, cherries and minerals, as well as a pleasingly creamy texture.
The screw cap makes it convenient for picnics. Serve with spicy fried chicken, Southeast Asian cuisine.
Margarita mixes ease the way
The margarita has been increasing your salt intake since the late 1930s.
Perhaps this has hampered your ability to reach for the ingredients to mix the drink. Don't worry.
Enter The Margarita King and Jose Cuervo Margarita Minis, ready to chill and pour.
As a matter of principle, it's always better to create your own cocktail. And, of course, every white wine should be Le Montrachet. But there are those moments during the barbecue or in mid-tailgate when the slightest effort is just too much.
The Margarita King blend does have respectable sweet-tart taste, with a hint of citrus. Just add some of the King's “premium margarita lime salt” and you're set. A 750-milliliter bottle is $16 to $18.
Jose Cuervo's name is attached to upfront tequila. Jose Cuervo Gold is in this creation, along with triple sec.
A four-pack of the lime-driven coolant, in 200-milliliter bottles, is about $10.
Chimichurri: Soul of the Pampas
Chimichurri, a pungent blend of parsley, cilantro, olive oil, vinegar and spices, was developed by gauchos of the South American grasslands, who used it to tenderize their lean, grass-fed beef. It is a ubiquitous condiment in Argentina; a bottle or bowl of it is on every table.
Gaucho Green's Chimmi-Churri may not, as the bottle reads, be “the world's finest marinade, grilling and cooking sauce,” but it did a wonderful job on both skirt steak and pork chops.
About $9 online at www.igourmet.com. In August, Williams Sonoma stores will also carry the product.
For more information or to purchase in bulk, visit www.gauchogreen.com.
- From wire reports
Kitchen scale offers professional results
A kitchen scale is ideal for getting professional-level baking results - and it's just plain handy for measuring all sorts of foods that can't easily be jammed into measuring cups, as anyone who has tried to isolate one cup of grapes knows.
The Info model from Ikea can be used with or without the bowl, and the scale can be reset to zero with the bowl in place so you can accurately weigh anything. Maximum load: 6 pounds, 10 ounces (3 kilograms). In the kitchen department of Ikea for $7.99.
Wine of the week is a sweet Riesling
This lightly sweet, low-alcohol (8.5 percent) German riesling from Mosel-Saar-Ruwer is ideal for casual summertime quaffing.
Its acidity balances out the sugar so that there's nothing cloying about it. It boasts lively and penetrating flavors of honey, apples, peaches, cherries and minerals, as well as a pleasingly creamy texture.
The screw cap makes it convenient for picnics. Serve with spicy fried chicken, Southeast Asian cuisine.
Margarita mixes ease the way
The margarita has been increasing your salt intake since the late 1930s.
Perhaps this has hampered your ability to reach for the ingredients to mix the drink. Don't worry.
Enter The Margarita King and Jose Cuervo Margarita Minis, ready to chill and pour.
As a matter of principle, it's always better to create your own cocktail. And, of course, every white wine should be Le Montrachet. But there are those moments during the barbecue or in mid-tailgate when the slightest effort is just too much.
The Margarita King blend does have respectable sweet-tart taste, with a hint of citrus. Just add some of the King's “premium margarita lime salt” and you're set. A 750-milliliter bottle is $16 to $18.
Jose Cuervo's name is attached to upfront tequila. Jose Cuervo Gold is in this creation, along with triple sec.
A four-pack of the lime-driven coolant, in 200-milliliter bottles, is about $10.
Chimichurri: Soul of the Pampas
Chimichurri, a pungent blend of parsley, cilantro, olive oil, vinegar and spices, was developed by gauchos of the South American grasslands, who used it to tenderize their lean, grass-fed beef. It is a ubiquitous condiment in Argentina; a bottle or bowl of it is on every table.
Gaucho Green's Chimmi-Churri may not, as the bottle reads, be “the world's finest marinade, grilling and cooking sauce,” but it did a wonderful job on both skirt steak and pork chops.
About $9 online at www.igourmet.com. In August, Williams Sonoma stores will also carry the product.
For more information or to purchase in bulk, visit www.gauchogreen.com.
- From wire reports
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