Nantucket Crisps: The Crispiest Potato Chips

March 14th is National Potato Chip Day and March 23rd is National Chip And Dip Day. So there’s no time like the present to introduce our Top Pick Of The Week—the crispiest* potato chip we’ve had the good fortune to encounter: Nantucket Crisps. Why “crisps?” Because they’re just too crispy to call “chips.” While every…
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Maple Syrup Recipes For National Maple Syrup Day

[1] The different colors represent the different grades of maple syrup (all photos © Pure Maple From Canada). [2] Maple Syrup Taffy On A Stick. You can make it plain, or roll it in bacon, dried cranberries, nuts and more. The recipe is below. [3] Maple syrup goes way beyond breakfast, like this Sheet Pan…
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A Dutch Masterpiece Gouda Cheese

[1] A Gouda snack with beer or wine (photos #1 to #7 © A Dutch Masterpiece). [2] Rembrandt’s self-portrait and “Night’s Watch” grace the package of a delicious aged Gouda. [3] Vermeer, a reduced-fat Gouda, also has less salt. Vincent is a Gouda with some flavor notes of Parmesan [4] Frans Hals is an aged…
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FOOD FUN: Make Pork Rinds For National Pork Rinds Day

Super Bowl Sunday is Pork Rinds Day, a no-carb, Keto, Paleo snack. And a beloved snack before anyone ever heard of Paleo and Keto diets*. Pork rinds (chicharrónes, the Spanish word) are made from pork skin, with the attached fat removed and deep-fried. That’s the difference between pork rinds and pork cracklings. Cracklings include the…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Schmacon, The Best Beef Bacon

[1] Schmacon and eggs (all photos © Schmacon). [2] A Schmacon Cheeseburger (photo © Miguel Andrade | Unsplash). [3] Use Schmacon wherever you’d use bacon. Here, Schmacon with a peanut butter dip. Now that’s snacking! [4] Gotta love the Schmacon logo. [5] Schmacon at Costco.   The creator of Schmacon Certified Angus Beef® Bacon, smoked…
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