Brebirousse D’Argental, An Elegant Cheese For Halloween

Brebirousse D’Argental, an elegant French sheep’s milk cheese, would be appealing on any cheese plate at any time of year. But in this season, we especially like that it wears the colors of Halloween and Thanksgiving. This pasteurized cheese is from Lyon, a gourmet hub in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. Orange on the outside,…
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Apple Salad With Toasted Hazelnuts Recipe For National Apple Month

We can never get enough of a good apple salad. The recipes are crunchy, sweet-tart, and very much seasonal in the fall through the winter months. Red radicchio and orange apricots add fall colors to the mix. We have a collection of apple salad recipes below, and our featured recipe follows the next section. >…
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Mozart Chocolate Pumpkin Spice, A Treat For The Season

Why give a box of chocolates to your foodie friends for Halloween and Thanksgiving, when you can introduce them to a “spirited” treat: Mozart Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Liqueur. For more than 60 years, the Mozart Distillerie has been making cream liqueur in Salzburg, Austria, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (hence the brand name). The…
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Pumpkin Sage Mashed Potatoes Recipe For National Pumpkin Day

[1] Mashed potatoes x pumpkin puree (photo © Potato Goodness). [2] Pumpkin puree (photo © Jessica Gavin | Libby’s). [3] Fresh sage, fragrant and herbal, with a flavor that is earthy and slightly peppery, with hints of mint, eucalyptus, and lemon (photo © Good Eggs). [4] A bit of cinnamon gives a fall touch to…
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A Halloween Margarita With A Black Salt Rim

[1] A green Margarita with a black salt rim (photos #1, #2, and #3 © Twang). [2] Don’t forget the eyeballs! [3] Buy the salt here. The different types of salt. > The history of salt. > About beer salt: A NIBBLE review. > More Halloween cocktail recipes.     RECIPE: MONSTER MARGARITA   Ingredients…
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