Hummingbird Coffee Cake Recipe & Hummingbird Cake History

The recipe for Hummingbird Cake, a southern tradition like Red Velvet Cake, was first submitted by a reader to Southern Living magazine and published in the February 1978 issue. Here’s that first printed recipe for Hummingbird Cake. There was no explanation of the name (we have it below), but Food Timeline cites a 1985 article…
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FOOD 101: For National Comfort Food Day: What Is Comfort Food?

[1] Banana pudding is one of America’s favorite comfort foods. Here’s the recipe for this version (photo © M. Sheldrake | iStock Photo). [2] Mac and cheese: who resist (photo © Mackenzie Ltd). [3] Fried chicken is a perennial favorite (photo © Honey Butter Fried Chicken | Chicago).   December 5th is National Comfort Food…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Save Those Orange Peels

Don’t toss the peel! Photo courtesy IdaLovesGreen.com.   Some people prefer a banana, others an apple. Our go-to hand fruit is a bright, juicy orange. We eat enough of them to engender the question of how to repurpose the peel. Beyond zesting and making candied orange peel, we published a piece on what to do…
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