balsamic adds a flair to healthy cooking. A gourmet kitchen without balsamic vinegar is incomplete. Less than twenty years ago, balsamico was nearly an unknown Tuscan accoutrement. Now, cooks utilize it more and more. A few drops of the very best balsamico on ripe berries, bartlett pears, or other fruit is the traditional combination to end a main course.

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Bartenders revive the tang of old-time 'shrubs' in modern cocktails
Bellingham Herald
Corcoran picked Champagne vinegar for her shrub, infusing it first with apples to deepen the flavor, but beet-and-brown sugar shrub (a cafe staff favorite) incorporates red wine vinegar and an eight -year-old Casa Rinaldi balsamic pairs with ...

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Craig Claiborne cooked up a new recipe
Chicago Tribune
The list, according to the jacket flap of a just-published biography, includes: "creme fraiche, arugula, balsamic vinegar, the Cuisinart, chef's knives, even the salad spinner." He helped make household names of professional chefs like Pierre Franey, ...

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Grill with gusto: Asparagus with vinaigrette, chipotle cheeseburger, honey glaze
Vancouver Sun
... Pancetta with Lemon-Tarragon Vinaigrette Ideal grill: charcoal Smoke intensity: mild Prep time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 6 to 8 minutes 90 g (3 oz) pancetta or 2 slices thick-cut bacon, diced 1 kg (2 lb) asparagus Extra-virgin olive oil Kosher salt ...

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New York Times

Grill 'Em All
New York Times
The first is a luxurious, nearly mayonnaiselike concoction of raw egg yolks and olive oil, fragrant with garlic, funky with anchovy. Ashkinaze's is richer than Caesar. “I always add an extra yolk,” Ashkinaze says. “You really need this dressing to hold ...



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