Category: Food Holidays & More

TIP OF THE DAY: How To Make The Best Grilled Cheese Sandwich

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The Biloxi: pork butt, bacon and fontina cheese. Photo courtesy Grilled Cheese Academy.   For National Grilled Cheese Month (there’s also a National Grilled Cheese Day, April 12th), feast your eyes upon 30 creative grilled cheese recipes from the Grilled Cheese Academy. You’ll find more than a few must-try recipes. In fact, you might be…
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Recipe: Turn Espresso Into Affogato & The History Of Affogato

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[1] Affogato: an Italian sundae (photo © Tony Liao | Unsplash). [2] A coupe glass (photo #1) is nice, but most people use a rocks glass (photo © Williams Sonoma). [3] After the first ball of ice cream melted, a fresh scoop was plopped on top.   When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When…
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Make Your Own Curry Powder & Chile Oil & The History Of Curry

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[1] Homemade curry powder (photo © Savory Spice Shop | Facebook). [2] Coconut chicken curry with basmati saffron rice (photo © Cafe Spice). [3] Fish curry (photo © Sun Basket). [4] Keema curry, an Indian curry made of ground meat and minced vegetables (photo © Hannah Kaminsky | Bittersweet Blog). [5] Goat curry (photo ©…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Cordon Bleu Day & Cordon Bleu Chicken Recipe

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April 4th is National Cordon Bleu Day, celebrating the famous Paris cooking school and the great chefs and recipes it produced. Among other luminaries, Julia Child trained there. We’re celebrating with a delicious Chicken Cordon Bleu recipe. When more people cooked French cuisine at home (inspired by the great Julia Child), the dish was “made…
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Tofu Chocolate Mousse Recipe For National Chocolate Mousse Day

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[1] A chocolate mousse alternative that can be vegan (photos #1 amd #3 © House Foods). [2] Garnish the mousse with fresh berries, such as blackberries (above) or raspberries (photo © American Heritage Chocolate). [3] House Foods Soft Tofu (photo © Calorie Friend). [4] A package of organic Soft Tofu.   Allergic to eggs? Lactose…
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