RECIPE: Inside-Out Homemade Peppermint Patties

[1] Hannah Kaminsky’s Inside-Out Peppermint Patties (photo © Bittersweet Blog). [2] Conventional peppermint patties, homemade. Peppermint Patties recipeHere’s the recipe (photo © Safe Eggs). [3] Chop up some good chocolate bars for the mint centers (these are from DeBrand.com).   It’s National Chocolate Mint Day. You can make a cool chocolate peppermint pie, warm chocolate…
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EVENT: Kids Food Festival

    HOW ARE YOUR KIDS DOING WITH THEIR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS? Adults and older teens often resolve to eat better in the new year. But how about younger kids? If you have them, bring them along to the Kids Food Festival in New York City. This year, the annual event will be held on…
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TIP OF THE DAY: 20 Ways To Use Leftover Wine

You may need no arm twisting to have a glass of wine on February 18th, National Drink Wine Day. But don’t feel obligated to finish the bottle. Instead, retain some of the wine in your cooking.   TIPS You can use any wine, including dessert wine, Port and sparkling wine, whether flat or still bubbly.…
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PRODUCT: Drinking With The Hatfields & The McCoys

Top: Heritage hooch in a glass jug. Bottom: Three generations of Hatfields. Photos courtesy The Legendary Hatfield & McCoy Whiskey.   From our tween years, we remember the expression “feuding like the Hatfields and the McCoys” (not that we were personally involved in an epic feud). The hostilities between two clans living in the Appalachian…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cooked Grains At Breakfast

Top: Our most recent whole grain breakfast: poached egg, red rice, baby arugula, sautéed cherry tomatoes and mushrooms (photo courtesy InHarvest). Second: We’ve also eaten our poached egg with leftover white rice and veggies (photo courtesy Gardenia | NYC). Third: You can bake the egg atop the cooked grain instead of poaching it, as in…
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