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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CONTEST: Be The Jelly Belly “Big Bean”

If you possess a love of Jelly Belly Jelly Beans and “Big Bean” dreams, endless imagination and a thorough understanding of manufacturing, marketing and Research and Development—you could join fourth-generation candy man Herman Rowland Sr. for a day at the helm of Jelly Belly Candy Company. That’s the grand prize in the “Be the Jelly…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Sandwich Splendor

Try your turkey and swiss “half and half.” Photo courtesy Sargento. When serving sandwiches, offer a variety of condiments and recommend that diners mix and match: one half of a roast beef, ham or turkey sandwich with chutney, one half with Roquefort Dijon mustard, for example. It’s like having two different sandwiches, and just one…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Guacamole Day

Yesterday was National Guacamole Day, but it’s a dish that we enjoy almost every week of the year. To make the best, use avocados from Mexico. We hate to say it, because we prefer to support American businesses, but the Mexican Hass avocados are simply better—creamier and more flavorful, the best avocados we’ve ever had.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Watermelon Radishes

Grow your own with seeds from EvergreenSeeds.com. Thanks to farmers markets, we’re seeing more of the watermelon radish, a large Chinese radish—up to 3 inches and more in diameter—with reverse radish coloring. It has a white exterior and a beautiful rosy-magenta flesh, which resembles a watermelon and captivates everyone who sees it. A sweet radish…
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