PRODUCT REVIEW: Mexican & Hispanic Cheeses

An appetizer of queso fresco cheese with hot mango salsa from Eat Wisconsin Cheese. Here’s the recipe.   Half of the top 10 fastest-growing cheeses at retail are Hispanic-style cheeses. There are more than a dozen types of Hispanic cheeses available in the U.S. We took a giant nibble and ate them all. While some…
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TODAY IN FOOD: It’s National Crabmeat Day

The whitest, biggest chunks of crab—known as Jumbo Lump crabmeat—are also the priciest.   How can you celebrate National Crabmeat Day and still have change to spare? Here’s the secret: Those pretty puffs of lump white crabmeat on the buffet are up to three times the price of the darker body crabmeat. But the darker…
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TODAY IN FOOD: It’s National Cereal Day

Does National Cereal Day sound like nothing to get worked up over…because you enjoy that bowl of Cheerios 365 days a year? Are you bummed that it isn’t National Bacon Cheeseburger Day or National Apple Pie À La Mode Day? Show a little love, please! Cereals are wild grasses that were cultivated thousands of years…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Bake Shamrock Cookies For St. Patrick’s Day

Bite me, I’m Irish. Shamrock cookies from Elenis.com.   Make St. Pat’s cookies: You’ve got plenty of time to find a shamrock cookie cutter before the St. Patrick’s Day festivities begin. Then, bake up a batch of delicious butter cookies. If you don’t have a shamrock cookie cutter, you can default to regular shapes with…
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