Category: Food Holidays & More

GOURMET TRAVEL: Napa Valley Mustard Festival

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A prior year’s winner in the phototgraphy competition, by Sally Wood. We wish we had gotten advance notice of the 17th annual Napa Valley Mustard Festival, to be held next weekend, March 12 -14 in Napa, California. If you can get there, you’re in for a treat. The vineyards, blooming with wild mustard, are breathtaking.…
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FOOD EVENT: Rhone Wine Tasting In San Francisco

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Caliza Syrah will be at the Grand Tasting. Photo courtesy CalizaWinery.com. Are you a lover of Rhone wines? How about Rhones from the U.S.A.? California wineries have found great success planting Syrah, Viognier and other classic Rhone grapes. The Rhone Rangers will convene in San Francisco on March 27th and 28th for the thirteenth consecutive…
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FOOD TRENDS RECIPE: Grilled Bitter Greens & Blue Cheese Salad With Caraway Peach Dressing

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Pairing #3 of McCormick’s 2010 Food Trends is Caraway & Bitter Greens. Caraway seeds are actually a fruit, not a seed. The caraway plant looks similar to a carrot plant, with feathery leaves and thread-like divisions. The “seeds” are small, crescent-shaped achenes (an achene is a one-seeded fruit; the seed has a thin wall, such…
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GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Dunkin’ Donuts Gift Card + Donut Design Contest

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Image courtesy Dunkin’ Donuts. Sixty years ago, William Rosenberg opened the first Dunkin’ Donuts shop in Quincy, Massachusetts. Today there are thousands of stores worldwide, beckoning the hungry with its cheerful orange and pink logo. To celebrate, there are two contests. THE NIBBLE’s Gourmet Giveaway THE PRIZE: One winner will receive a $60.00 gift card,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Dessert Sauces For National Sauce Month

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Panna cotta with raspberry coulis. Photo by Kelly Cline | IST. March is National Sauce Month. What do you think of when you hear the word “sauce?” Pasta sauce? Mushroom sauce? Worcestershire sauce? How about dessert sauce? From coulis to Crème Anglaise to hard sauce to zabaglione, take a look at all the different types…
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