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Chirashi sushi: fish layered atop a bowl of rice. Photo | Dreamstime. Making sushi rolls or nigiri—the slices of fish atop a bed of rice—takes some training and dexterity. But you don’t need the skills of a sushi chef to serve chirashi sushi at home: sliced fish arranged atop a bowl of rice. Or,…
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Pair a medium-strength cheese with a medium-roast coffee. Photo © Natalia Lisovskaya | Dreamstime. Often there is more than one food holiday on a particular day. Rarely do we see a trio of food holidays; and January 20th is the only day we know of with four food holidays: National Buttercrunch Day, National Cheese…
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[1] Use popcorn as a soup garnish (all photos © National Popcorn Board). [2] Add a popcorn crust to fish or chicken Here’s the recipe. [3] Popcorn cereal, a popular breakfast in Colonial America. Here’s the recipe. [4] Add popcorn to your meatloaf. Here’s the recipe. [5] Top your chili with popcorn. [6] Thai peanut-…
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A “leftovers” salad: farro with cooked carrots, peas and corn; diced tomatoes and ham; sliced olives and cooked yellow bell pepper. Photo © Denio Rigacci | Dreamstime. Farro is the original wheat, one of the first cereals domesticated in the Fertile Crescent. It nurtured the population of the Mediterranean and Middle East for thousands…
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Hot apple toddy (photo and recipe © U.S. Apple Association). January 11th is National Hot Toddy Day; January 17th is National Hot Buttered Rum Day. October 20th is National Calvados Day: all occasions to celebrate with this Apple Toddy recipe. Toddy and hot buttered rum are pretty much the same thing. A toddy can…
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