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Often called shrimp al pip-pil, this northern favorite can be either spicy in the sense of piquant, with plenty of cayenne pepper, or spicy in the sense of heavily seasoned with garlic, cumin, sweet paprika and a pinch of cayenne pepper, plus plenty of fresh cilantro and parsley.

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This Spicy Moroccan Shrimp Tagine recipe is the latter, though you can add firepower as desired. Instead of going all out with a tagine, the shrimp can also be prepared in individual terra-cotta dishes and served in an appetizer.

Reprinted with permission from Morocco, A Culinary Journey with Recipes

Servings: 4
Ingredients
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 medium ripe tomatoes, halved, seeded and grated
6 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, finely chopped
1 teaspoon sweet paprika
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1 bay leaf
salt
freshly ground black pepper
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For those of us who live north of the Mason-Dixon line, these summer months are known as iced-coffee season.

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Henceforth through mid-September, our afternoon coffee breaks will be taken while sucking on a straw and our at-home coffee routines made more complicated thanks to the additional step of chilling required. So, what's the best way to ice one's coffee? We're so glad you asked.

Go ahead: Use your AeroPress for iced coffee.

1. Use an AeroPress: This is one of our favorite ways to make iced coffee - and is a fine way of making hot coffee, too. What's not to love? It's cheap (as little as $25 online), fast and easy to use, portable, makes single servings or up to four, looks like a chem-lab tool, and involves plunging. Simply use it like as directed, but when you "plunge" (press down the pump part of the contraption), do so over ice. The flavor of an AeroPress coffee is clean and true, whether poured hot into a mug or over cubes.

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The Old Fashioned's formula serves as a base for today's cocktail innovations.

A lot of the cocktails you find in high-end bars today are based on the classics. But whether or not a single drink has been the most influentialis almost impossible to say.

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There is a lot to consider when determining which drinks influenced the cocktail lists of today. First you have to look at all of the popular drink families like the sours, Old Fashioneds and so on. If you take just the sour family alone, then a margarita would fit the bill, as would the daiquiri, white lady or sidecar. But we're not taking this family-by-family. That would be easy. Below are the seven most influential cocktails inspiring today's drinks. Period.

1. The ultimate cocktail: The Martini
The most important cocktail for my money is the martini. It's certainly the most symbolic: when you look at the cocktail glass it conjures images of the Rat Pack and James Bond. The glass alone says sophistication and it has become the universal symbol of Read More »from The 7 Most Influential Cocktails of All Time

Watch your tofu soak up this marinade, which caramelizes nicely over a hot grill. This is a great entrée, but also a delicious lunchtime or late-night snack: Toss the tofu on a brioche roll, add a dollop of mayo, and call it a day (or night, as you wish).

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Servings: 4

Ingredients

1 14-ounce package firm tofu
Grapeseed oil
1 cup light soy sauce
1 cup pineapple juice
1 cup lemon juice
3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons gochujang paste (or sriracha as a substitute)
3 tablespoons cornstarch
3 cups shallots, thinly sliced
kosher salt
1 lemon (for zest)
3 sprigs cilantro

Directions:

1. Preheat a grill to high heat, or heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Cut the tofu into four 1-inch-thick slabs and pat them dry with paper towels. Lightly brush the tofu with oil and grill on both sides until deeply charred, about 1 minute each side. Transfer to a wide, shallow dish.
2. In a medium bowl, combine the soy sauce, pineapple juice, lemon juice, sugar, and gochujang

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That's right — 0% milk fat.Noma may have raised the profile of Scandinavian food overall, but when it comes to the cuisine of Iceland, few people know it from a hole in the ground. In fact, many people still associate Icelandic food primarily with the putrefied shark meat that comes from a hole in the ground. Anthony Bourdain, he no like. In truth, most Icelanders don't actually make a habit of dining on rot-cured shark. But one thing they do eat a lot of is another Viking-age favorite: skyr.

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Skyr is a cultured dairy product that is thick and creamy and tangy like Greek yogurt. Remember the first time you had Greek yogurt and couldn't believe how the rich, dense cloud in your spoon could be related to the runny, bland yogurt you grew up on? Well, the feeling is familiar the first time you taste skyr, only perhaps magnified. It's so thick you practically slice into it. How it manages to have 0% milk fat is beyond me.

Actually, skyr is not yogurt. It's a fresh

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Brazil's national spirit is made from fermented pure sugarcane juice.Here's a brief quiz for you: what is cachaça? If you guessed "Brazilian rum," you're now officially wrong.

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In the last few years, you may have noticed a campaign to "Legalize Cachaça!" advertised at your local watering hole. Sponsored by Leblon, a popular brand, the campaign was a clever publicity stunt wrapped in a bona fide initiative to get the U.S. to acknowledge cachaça for what it is. This country has only ever recognized the spirit as "Brazilian rum." After years of lobbying, the government announced last month that it would finally grant cachaça its distinct status.

Cachaça is Brazil's national spirit, a distillate of fermented pure sugarcane juice. It has been produced since the early 16th century and is now made by more than 5,000 distillers throughout Brazil - many of
them very small operations - producing a total of close to 250 million gallons a year. That's more
than a gallon per Brazilian.

"It's the third largest spirits category

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Making BBQ ribs on the grill is a skill every summer enthusiast should acquire.Learning how to make BBQ pork ribs on the grill instantly makes you the person who knows how to make BBQ ribs on the grill. Some grilling traditions last a lifetime. This being a truly gigantic rack of ribs, don't be shy to enlist some help when flipping the behemoth over - there's no shame in asking for assistance when making one of the most hardcore deliciously grilled meats out there, right? There are Bear Paws Meat Handlers and plenty of other accessories to aid you in your journey.

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As for the sauce, pick your favorite. There's a whole world of barbecue sauce out there just waiting to be brushed onto ribs. Might we suggest a few?

Tandoori Barbeuce Sauce Recipe
Coffee Barbecue Sauce Recipe
Tennessee Whiskey Barbecue Sauce Recipe
South Carolina Barbecue Sauce Recipe

Servings: 2 to 4
Ingredients
1 full rack pork ribs
2 tablespoons olive oil
coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper, or the dry rub of your choice
2 cups barbecue

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Beer can chicken: bask in its glory. Only a true patriot could take something as simple as French-style roast chicken and turn it into the poster child for why keeping canned beer in the fridge is important. If you've never roasted a chicken before ...no, no, we're not going to get mad. That won't roast the chicken.

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Let us school you: pop open a can of beer (fancy or otherwise), chug half, plop the chicken butt-down on the remainder and let the oven do the rest. The beer infuses the whole chicken, the aroma infuses the whole kitchen, and you don't have to chop, flip, reduce, sous-vide or risk burning a single thing. This is in fact the easiest chicken recipe we know of (all apologies to the mighty chicken breast). Spend your precious effort on some killer sides, instead.

Creamed Corn with Chives and Chiles
Grilled Green Beans with Harissa
Fava Beans with Bacon
Sugar Snap Pea Salad

Or you can continue on the zero-effort trail with our

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