An Easy Easter Cake: The Easter Bunny Bundt, Plus More Ideas

[1] A simple Bundt or tube pan cake into a delightful Easter cake. While any chocolate bunny will do, you may be able to find one with “personality” (photos © Betty Crocker). [2] Another easy Bundt or tube Easter cake: sprinkle with powdered sugar and fill the center with chocolate or malted milk eggs (photo…
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A Different PB&J Sandwich For National Peanut Butter & Jelly Day

April 2nd is National Peanut Butter & Jelly Day. We’ve enjoyed PB&J sandwiches every which way, but here’s a different PB&J sandwich from Fix & Fogg, manufacturers of our favorite artisanal peanut butter. For fun and a bit of tart flavor, they added crunchy freeze-dried raspberry flakes to match the raspberry jam (photo #1). Freeze-dried…
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Chocolate-Stuffed Soft Pretzels Recipe For National Soft Pretzel Month

[1] A treat for National Soft Pretzel Month, with an extra “twist” (that’s a pun): chocolate filling. Bake a batch (photos #1 and #2 © Beyond Good). [2] One of the nine different bars from Beyond Good. The company specializes in ethically sourced, single origin dark choccolate bars. [3] Brown sugar is added to the…
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Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf Recipe: Food Fun!

Not April Fool, but April fun: a fun surprise for dinner. This cheese stuffed meatloaf recipe came to us from Roth Cheese, created by Meggan Hill, executive chef and head of the Culinary Hill Test Kitchen. Meggan gave her mom’s meatloaf a “cheese upgrade” using Roth Organic Havarti cheese. “The leftovers make great sandwiches, too,”…
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History Of Nashville Hot Chicken For National Hot Chicken Day

March 30th is National Hot Chicken Day. That’s hot as in hot and spicy, cayenne-coated fried chicken. It’s Nashville’s signature food, just as Baltimore has its crab cakes, Boston its clam chowder, Buffalo its wings, Chicago its deep-dish pizza, Denver its omelet, Memphis its barbecue, New York its bagels, New Orleans its po’ boys, and…
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