Why Is Devil’s Food Cake One Of The Greatest Chocolate Cakes?

On May 19th we celebrate National Devil’s Food Cake Day, perhaps our favorite type of chocolate layer cake. This tasty article shares: > How is Devil’s Food Cake different from other chocolate cakes? > The history of Devil’s Food Cake. > The top 12 iconic chocolate cakes from the U.S. and Europe. Plus, links to:…
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Chopped Salad Sandwich Recipes & History For National Salad Month

May is National Salad Month, and if you haven’t yet tried a chopped salad sandwich, this is the time! How would our culture evolve at seemingly warp speed if not for TikTok? One of the foods that has viraled into our lives is the chopped salad sandwich, which appeared a couple of years ago and…
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Dandelion Gourmet Chocolate Chips & Chocolate Chips History

[1] A bowl of top-quality chocolate chips from Callebaut. See all the ways to use them here (photo © Coco Dolce). [2a] Chocolate chip ice cream is one of our favorite ways to use chocolate chips, whether the ice cream is chocolate, coffee, cherry, mint, raspberry, or vanilla. Here’s the recipe for this mint chip…
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History Of Craft Beer & Top Brews For American Craft Beer Week

[1] Allagash is known for its Belgian White Beer (photo © Allagash Brewery). [2] Bell’s Two-Hearted Ale (photo © The Electric Brewery). [3] When we discovered Brooklyn Lager, we moved on from Sam Adams (photo © Brooklyn Brewery). [4] Boston Beer’s Samuel Adams Boston Lager was the first big hit craft beer on the East…
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Witbier: Would You Be Seen Drinking Nitwit White Ale?

It may have won five gold medals in prestigious beer competitions, but do we want to get posted to social media drinking a glass emblazoned with a Nitwit decal (photo #1)? This writer is just not of the right generation to want to be associated with “nitwit.” A nitwit is a stupid, incompetent person: a…
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