Maple-Glazed Popcorn With Pecans For National Maple Syrup Day

December 17th is National Maple Syrup Day, one of the year’s two maple syrup holidays—not to overlook the dozens of holidays for pancakes, waffles, and other foods that wouldn’t be the same without maple syrup. To celebrate, we made maple-glazed popcorn, with this delicious recipe from Runamok, one of the finest maple syrups (and great…
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The 16 Different Types Of Pastry For National Pastry Day

December 9th is National Pastry Day. We consumers might conjure up images of our favorite pastries—apple turnover, cream puff, Danish. And in fact, in a pâtisserie or other professional culinary setting, the term “pastry” can refer to a wide range of elegant and often ornate desserts, confections, and sweet baked goods—which is how most consumers…
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Eggnog & Toffee Cookies Recipe & Gift For National Cookie Day

December 4th is National Cookie Day, and McCormick® has teamed up with Milk Bar® and its award-winning chef, Christina Tosi, to create a special cookie recipe for the holiday season. Milk Bar, with six locations in New York City plus bakeries in Chicago, D.C., Las Vegas, and Los Angeles, also ships nationwide. The limited-edition Eggnog…
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The Great Hokusai Espresso Art For National Espresso Day

[1] This lidded mug with infuser is available from the Metropolitan Museum Of Art. [2] Tote bag from Sea Bags. [3] A lunch box from Zazzle. [4] A tee shirt from Yizzam. [5] The waves etched into fine denim at Hedley And Bennett. [6] We had a double espresso with a piece of this no-bake…
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The Truth About The Pilgrims’ First Pumpkin Pie: It Was Different

[1] Pumpkin custard, a.k.a. pumpkin pie filling, baked in a pumpkin. The recipe is below (Gemini Photo). [2] According to Tasting History, the first pumpkin pie—called pumpion pie—looked more like this. Here’s a recipe from 1670, interpreted for the modern table by Tasting History With Max Miller (photo © Tasting History | You Tube). [3]…
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