Maple-Glazed Popcorn With Pecans For National Maple Syrup Day

December 17th is National Maple Syrup Day, one of the year’s two maple syrup holidays—not to overlook the dozens of holidays for pancakes, waffles, and other foods that wouldn’t be the same without maple syrup. To celebrate, we made maple-glazed popcorn, with this delicious recipe from Runamok, one of the finest maple syrups (and great…
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Gingerbread Popcorn Snack Mix For Home Or Gifts

[1] Gingerbread Popcorn Snack Mix (photo © The Popcorn Board). [2] These charming jars are inexpensive on Amazon (photo © Amzcku). [3] The candied pecan recipe is below (Abacus Photo). [4] Buy a package of gingersnaps (photo © Nathan Dumlao | Unsplash). [5] There’s no substitute for freshly-grated nutmeg (photo © SCYM | Pixabay).  …
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Hotter Than Hell Chocolate Chilies For Halloween & Beyond

[1] Your first challenge: Open the locked box (photos #1 and #2 © M. Cacao). [2] Dare you eat all eight? Or, invite a friend to compete: The box has two of each chile. [3] Dante’s Inferno inspired this collection (photo © CGR Publishing).   “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here,” says M. Cacao…
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Bones Coffee For Halloween Week (& Why Not All Of October?)

We usually get the annual Christmas coffee flavors to spice up the holidays: Barnie’s Santa’s White Christmas, Bones Coffee Company’s Cranberry Creme Brulee, Green Mountain Holiday Blend, Starbucks Christmas Blend, and a host of others. Sometimes there are holiday flavors, sometimes just a special blend of beans. This year we noticed Bones Coffee’s Halloween flavors,…
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Black Salsa For Halloween, El Dia De Los Muertos & Beyond

[1] A great gift for salsa fans (photos #1, #2, #3, #4 © Villa México Cafe). [2] The salsa comes in two sizes but only one strength: medium. [3] Freshly-made, waiting to cool. [4] Tortilla chips are only one of many ways to use black salsa. See more below. [5] Named one of Boston’s best…
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