Category: Food Holidays & More
RECIPE: Dried Fruit Tart For Rosh Hashanah Or Anytime
Dried fruit tart with Star Of David lattice. Photo © Martha Stewart Media. What we love about this tart is that for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, the lattice crust is woven strips of pâte brisée in a Star of David pattern. If the pattern looks familiar to non-Jews, it’s because it’s the…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Cold Brew Coffee With A French Press
The average American drinks 2.1 cups of coffee a day. Collectively, Americans drink 4,630 cups of coffee each second. And September 29th is National Coffee Day. Cold brew coffee, which has been around quite a while (we’ve had a Toddy cold brew system for 20+ years), has finally hit the mainstream. Coffee drinkers find it…
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FOOD FUN: National Beer Holidays, At Least One In Every Month!
Got Beer? April 7th is National Beer Day, one of many National Beer Holidays. In modern times, it all began on April 7, 1933. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Cullen-Harrison Act, which legalized the sale of beer with an alcohol content of 3.2%. This was the first step toward the end of Prohibition*. On…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Savory Pancakes & Pancake History
[1] Bacon and corn griddle cakes. Here’s the recipe from Recipe Girl (photo © Recipe Girl). [2] These carrot pancakes, with salted yogurt, are gluten free. Here’s therecipe from Jessica Koslow at Bon Appetit (photo © Bon Appetit | Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriott). [3] You don’t need to use wheat. Check out these flours…
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