From Faith: We invite you to ask friends or family to be part of our new Food Schmooze Ice Cream Sunday Club. On a series of designated Sundays, you and your band of merry followers head to a different ice cream stand to taste and hang out. You’ll find plenty of places making their own flavors, including […]
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No-Bake Chocolate Mousse Pie
When Fine Cooking published this recipe the editors said, “This impressive and insanely delicious dessert requires only six ingredients. … Italian chocolate-filled sandwich cookies make a crust reminiscent of a Kit Kat bar. …” All you need is a springform pan, the kind where the bottom snaps off. Basically, this no-bake wonder is a combination of chocolate cookies, […]
Grilled Salmon Is Magic with Fresh Peach-Jalapeño Salsa
Everybody knows them as The Neelys, Pat and Gina, the husband and wife cooking team on The Food Network. In their cookbook, Back Home with The Neelys, we discovered a recipe that is fresh as a summer breeze—grilled salmon, topped with a salsa or “relish” of chopped peaches, jalapeño, red onion, and lime juice. Not […]
Buffalo Wing Sauce for the Best Chicken Burgers
If you love buffalo wing sauce, we think you’ll have the best time with our buffalo-style chicken burgers. As things often happen around the Food Schmooze kitchen, Faith started fantasizing about a “buffalo sauce” burger, and Chris Prosperi said, “I’ll take a crack at that.” The next thing you know, we were chomping down on […]
The World’s Best Strawberry Shortcake—Honest—with a Brown-Butter Spice Cake Base, Gluten-Free
On the weekends I hang out quite a bit at The Orient Country Store on Village Lane in Orient, New York, one of the most charming streets in America. At the market, after saying hello to the amiable hosts, you have to steel yourself to walk past the line-up of Miriam Foster’s exceptional baked goods […]
New Mexico Sparkling Wine Is a Bargain and Sold Here
Jacques Pépin asked me to tip my glass in his direction, and he poured me a glass of delicious sparkling wine, made in the Champagne style. When I tipped my glass a second time and asked what it was, he said, “Good, yes? It’s Gruet Blanc de Blanc.” Even more surprising, Gruet (pronounced Groo-ay) is […]
