FOOD HOLIDAY: National Beer Day

Top: Amber ale with blue cheese from the EatWisconsinCheese.com. Bottom: Burger and a lager at The Palm.   What will you do on April 7th, National Beer Day? Drink beer, of course. Hopefully, you’ll choose a complex craft beer instead of something mass-produced and bland. Depending on your age, it may seem that craft breweries…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Roast Leg Of Lamb

Our family typically had turkey for Thanksgiving, prime rib for Christmas, ham and lamb for Easter, lamb for Mother’s Day and a return to prime rib for Father’s Day. Back in the day, food was seasonal. Lamb was available in the spring. Fall is the natural mating time for sheep, which results in lambing in…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Salsify

We can’t believe that in 15 years of publishing THE NIBBLE, we’ve never published an article on salsify. Ironically, it is known as a “forgotten vegetable.” WHAT IS SALSIFY? Salsify, pronounced SAL-suh-fee OR SAL-suh-fie, is a root vegetable in the Asteraceae or dandelion family. Dandelions, daisies and lettuce are in the family, but belong to…
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GIFT: Chocolate Elephants That Help Orphaned Elephants

According to the United Nations, up to 100 African elephants are killed each day by poachers seeking their ivory tusks. Only 470,000 elephants remain on the continent; there were 3-5 million African elephants a century ago. As poaching and habitat loss continue, increasing number of elephants are orphaned. The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is a…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Spring Asparagus

[1] Freshly cut asparagus (photo © Baldor Food). [2] Three colors of asparagus (photo © Australian Asparagus Growers).   Asparagus is our favorite harbinger of spring, along with big artichokes, fava beans, green garlic, morels, nettles, ramps and spring peas (a.k.a. English or garden peas). Once upon a time—in your mother’s, grandmother’s or great-gran’s generation,…
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