CHEESE: Piave Vecchio

It’s Columbus Day, so let’s celebrate a great Italian cheese. Here’s a favorite cheese of professional cheese buyer and guest blogger Jeff Shearer, of Mandi Foods: As the long summer days turn over to the cooler nights of autumn, our food choices move away from the fresh cheeses and lighter dishes to more of the…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Sparkling Juice

Love fruit juice but not the calories? You can juice up for one-fourth the calories and carbs by turning your juice drink into a sparkling juice “spritzer”: Just fill the glass 1/4 full with fruit juice and top off with club soda or seltzer. You also can: Mix the recipe by using 1/2 juice and…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: Celebrate Columbus Day With Pesto Sauce

Make pasta with pesto to celebrate Columbus Day. Photo by Shyman | IST. Most people don’t think of Columbus Day as an eating holiday, like Thanksgiving or Easter. Yet, Columbus Day begs for an Italian dinner. Christopher Columbus (1451 – 1506), an explorer from the Republic of Genoa in northwestern Italy, voyaged four times to…
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