FOOD HOLIDAY: World Whisky Day, March 27th

Enjoy a glass of Scotch: It’s World Whisky Day. Photo courtesy Chivas Regal.   People across the world will raise a dram to Scotland’s national drink on March 27th, thanks to the efforts of a University of Aberdeen Student. Blair Bowman, 21, has established the first ever World Whisky Day. Unlike other drinks such as…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: My Dad’s Gluten-Free Cookies

Can’t have gluten? Or, like a growing number of Americans, are you choosing to avoid it? You can still enjoy bakery-style cookies, thanks to My Dad’s gluten-free cookie line. A broad selection of tasty cookies awaits—cookies so well crafted that most people will never know they’re gluten-free. We couldn’t tell when we first tasted the…
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Three Types Of Couscous & Recipes For National Couscous Day

[1] Make a pearl/Israeli couscous salad instead of rice salad. It pairs well with just about any other ingredients (photo © Travelling Light | iStock Photo). [2] Three types of couscous, clockwise from top left: pearl/Israeli couscous, Moroccan couscous, and Lebanese/Moghrabieh couscous. Here’s how to cook them (photo © Feel Good Foodie). [3] For more…
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BOOKS: Funny Food, A Guarantee Of Fun Breakfasts

Funny Food, by Bill & Claire Wurtzel. © 2012 Welcome Enterprises, Inc., www.funnyfood.us.   In 1001 Arabian Nights, the cuckolded King Shahryar executes his faithless wife and proceeds to marry a new virgin every day, executing her the next morning before she has a chance to dishonor him. Eventually his vizier (minister), whose task it…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Tarts With Cookie Dough

It’s hard to find a mascarpone cheese that isn’t delicious, but Crave Brothers Mascarpone has achieved the title of “most delicious,” winning first place awards in the American Cheese Society Competition, The World Dairy Expo and the Wisconsin State Fair Cheese and Butter Contest. Mascarpone is perhaps best known in the U.S. as the base…
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