Category: Food Holidays & More

Nutella Recipes For World Nutella Day

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[1] Nutella crepes: easy to make! You can purchase crepes, fill them with Nutella, and optionally add sliced strawberries and whipped cream (photo © Linda Roisum | Pixabay). [2] From breakfast through dessert, there are many ways to use Nutella (photo © Mikael Stenberg | Unsplash). [3] Nutella whip: Blend a spoonful of Nutella into…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Get A Heart-Shaped Cheese

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Coeur de Bray, a heart-shaped Neufchâtel cheese. Photo courtesy Murray’s Cheese.   Different heart-shaped cheeses appear at this time of year, especially goat cheeses. But the first heart-shaped cheese, created in the 14th century, was Neufchâtel (NU-shah-tell), a soft-riped cow’s milk cheese with a white rind. Note that French Neufchâtel is different from the American…
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Poutine Recipe & History For La Poutine Week

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[1] A dish of poutine: fries, gravy, cheese curds (photo © V. W. Campin | CC-BY-NC-SA-2.0-License). [2] Wendy’s Canada locations serve classic poutine (photo © Wendy’s | Canada). [3] There are many enhancements to basic poutine. Here, it’s topped with pulled pork (photo © Dirty Dogs | Montreal). [4] This poutine baked potato trades the…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Fondue For National Fondue Month (& Other Fondue Holidays)

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February is National Fondue Month, February 5th is National Chocolate Fondue Day, November is National Fun with Fondue Month, and April 11th is National Cheese Fondue Day. You’ve got multiple opportunities to celebrate with luscious fondue—as a family dinner, at a dinner party, or even on a party buffet.     THE HISTORY OF FONDUE…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Green Bean & Potato Salad

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If you’re thinking of potato salad for game day, how about upping the flavor, color, texture and nutrition with green beans, a.k.a. string beans and snap beans (more about that below). Fresh green bean crops are harvested year-round, but are best in early winter, early summer and early fall. Beans picked early in the season…
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