Day: April 4, 2012

FOOD HOLIDAY: National Cordon Bleu Day & Cordon Bleu Chicken Recipe

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April 4th is National Cordon Bleu Day, celebrating the famous Paris cooking school and the great chefs and recipes it produced. Among other luminaries, Julia Child trained there. We’re celebrating with a delicious Chicken Cordon Bleu recipe. When more people cooked French cuisine at home (inspired by the great Julia Child), the dish was “made…
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PRODUCT: Time To Switch To Spring Beer Styles

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One of the great things about the craft beer movement is that it enables us to change our beers with the seasons. Just as you don’t want a heavy, wintery Barolo on a fresh spring day, the same goes with your beer. Look for a May bock (Maibock), a style that is brewed to celebrate…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Use An Avocado As A Bowl

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Turn an avocado into a bowl for eggs. Photo courtesy Avocados From Mexico.   We love using avocados as an “edible bowl,” stuffed with salads (bean, chicken, citrus, corn, egg, rice, seafood, tuna), chili, as a shrimp cocktail bowl and as a salsa holder with a side of tortilla chips. But we hadn’t considered eggs…
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