TRENDS: Humane-Certified Meat & Poultry

If you’re passionate about animal care, ask your grocer to stock these products. Ten billion farm animals are raised for food each year in the United States. You know that USDA-certified organic meat sets certain standards for animal welfare: The animals have daily access to pasture or other free-range grazing and eat organic-certified feed. If…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Tomato Stand-Ins

When tomatoes are out of season—or you just don’t have any at hand—simply substitute roasted red peppers (pimientos) or marinated sundried tomatoes. Both are available in jars, and can be kept on your shelf ready for sandwiches, salads, plate garnishes, hors d’oeuvres, pastas and any need you have for flavor and color. Try peppadews too,…
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GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Marie Callender’s Pies & Pie Crusts

Marie Callender’s pies will take care of your desserts. Photos courtesy Marie Callender. What would you do if you had access to one free pie a month for an entire year? Would you host more dinner parties? Provide the dessert for the upcoming Thanksgiving dinner? Pass off a Marie Callender pie for one of your…
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FOOD HOLIDAYS: Sign Up For Our Tweets

The “Tweety Bird” of the 21st century. Image via GraphicAlerts.com. Every day is a different official food holiday. We’ve compiled all the food holidays here, and keep adding to them weekly as we receive notice of new holidays. It’s a great reference article. If you’d like to get the daily food holidays via Twitter, along…
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